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First, I am not using a WYSIWYG. The only modes of formatting will be like: *italic*, **bold**, #header#, [link](www.link.com), and maybe a couple others.
^ That being the case, when do I do the actual parsing? Before I store it in the database OR after I retrieve it from the database?
I would rather not do it before storage, but I’m unsure…
After you’ve retrieved the text from the database. Parsing it before storing it means that you lose your “styling tags” and you or your users will be presented with the plain HTML code if you’re retrieving it again for editing.