[RESOLVED] Paragraph break

[azurian]

Hi, I hope someone can help. I have searched through this forum but I've drawn a blank.
What I want to do seems simple enough. I want users who fill in a text area to be able to include a new paragraph break. I have used HTMLSpecialChars for security reasons, and now, paragraph breaks disappear.
I have in mind the posibility of asking users to enter something like --P-- and then have my script change that part of the string into <p>.
I have looked at the str_replace() function but I am really stuck.

[Rodney_H_]

I think what you are looking for is the php function, new line to break. You can find info about it out here: nl2br();

[azurian]

Thank you. I now have it sorted. My str_replace() syntax was incorrect.

Thanks any way.