PHP Text Processing

[JonB]

Hi There,

Does anyone have any links to tutorials or guides which show you some good was to process text that has been entered into a text area in a web form.

Many thanks,

Jon

 

[JonB]

Aye, I guess. Sorry. Basically I'm making a comments system, and I wan't to make it easy / safe to store in a database / edit, without it screwing up and line spacing going wrong or odd characters displaying etc.

Specifically how to deal with new lines and how to deal with unwebsafe characters.