Textarea Formatting Using Php

[gkostenarov]

I have a user type in a text value into a text area, and I want the input displayed on the 'posting" page. However, if the user tries to numer certain lines (ex. gives you 10 step plan on something) the formatting is not passed over. I am just using echo on the posting page to display the text. Is there a way to pass the carriage return to the "posting page" as well?

Some code:

<textarea name="text"> </textarea>

After Submit:

echo $name;

It works fine except the formatting.
Please help,

Thanks.
Goran

[stolzyboy]

<?
echo nl2br($name);
?>

[gkostenarov]

thanks stolzyboy! That worked great!