I know this doesn't answer the question, but if you integrate tinymce
it will make your textarea look like MS Word and format the text into
html accordingly.
try changing $body to $this->data['ModelName']['nameOfFormField']
(adjusting ModelName and nameOfFormField respectively)
On Dec 3, 6:06 pm, manu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm new to cake (and php btw).
> I'm looking for a way to format a plain textarea text in html. I don't
> want to use an html editor, but just want something like this:
>
> <?php echo str_replace('\n','<br />', $body); ?> but it doesn't work.
>
> Is there a cake helper, or method which could do that? Is there
> another php way to do it?
>
> Thanks for helping
>
> Manu
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