Different formats in a textarea

[gregoryhu]

when a user wants to reply to a spesific post (quote button),
I want to load a php page with a textarea which will contain the original(to be answered) post in a diferrent style(italics small fonts)
and let the user add his message below it in another style(bold bigger fonts).
Then by submiting it this will be stored in mysql without loosing the format.
How can i do that.
I see you've already solved this problem🙂

[leatherback]

you can use a rich text editor plugin such as tinyMCE which will allow you to show text in different formats. It generates the HTML on the fly based on user input.