Question

I’m a little confused due to when I insert a text stored in mysql in a div I use the following sentence to insert the text:

<div class="menssge_holder"><?php echo str_replace("\n", "</p>", $conversation[$i]['message']); ?></div>

That sentence works fine, but when the user enter a new message in a textarea and press send button, i put that text within the div_holder and ‘\n’ do not take effect.

What’s the equivalent I should use in javascript or jQuery?

Thanks.

Answer 1

<div class="menssge_holder"><?php echo str_replace(/\n/ig, "<br />", $conversation[$i]['message']); ?></div>

In your case you need something like this:

jsBin demo

$('#post').click(function(){
  
  var copyThis = $('#textarea').val().replace(/\n/ig, '<br />');  
  $('#result').html( copyThis );
  
});