textarea line breaks

[azqnow]

im trying to input a <textarea> like text into mysql.. it can be successfully recorded into database but when i retrieve it like echo $blog; the text i inserted doesn't seem to have line breaks.. what are the possible solutions without altering the way i input it.. just the way i want the output to be viewed = with line breaks..

[cahva]

You can output the variable with for example nl2br-function. It converts the "invisible" newlines to <br>-tags.