php :: new line in textarea?

Question

How do you create a new line in a textarea when inserting the text via php?

I thought it was \\n but that gets literally printed in the textarea.

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Answer 1

PHP Side: from Textarea string to PHP string

$newList = ereg_replace( "\n",'|', $_POST['theTextareaContents']);

PHP Side: PHP string back to TextArea string:

$list = str_replace('|', '
', $r['db_field_name']);