Insert text in a div container

Question

I have a textarea where i get it's content and send it to database via ajax. When i get such content and insert it in a DIV, new lines are not considered, so the content is pasted as a whole without LF.

I used jQuery templates for printing the result of my query and within the template the mentioned div is:

<div class="message">${msg}</div>

where ${msg} is the message gathered from the database with CR.

Is there anything I could do for avoiding that?

The question is that I want to show the new lines when the message is placed into the div. — domoindal
– domoindal, Commented Jun 20, 2012 at 21:16
Did you inspect the resulting div with Firebug? If the <br /> are here there should by newlines... — Simon
– Simon, Commented Jun 20, 2012 at 21:34
<br /> is printed when the message is inserted into the div. — domoindal
– domoindal, Commented Jun 21, 2012 at 7:44

nvrandow · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-20 21:15:49Z

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You use php, do you? So you can convert normal line breaks (\n) to HTML line breaks (<br />) with nl2br().

answered Jun 20, 2012 at 21:15

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domoindal Over a year ago

I have just used such function and in the database are replaced with <br /> but when i put the content within the div, happens the same.

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