Saving new lines in a textfield to mysql field

Quick and simple (I hope) question; If a user inputs new lines in a text field, ie:

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How can I save the new line rather than have it transferred to 开发者_JAVA百科the mysql server as one line?!

I am using PHP and mysql.

When you output the field from the database to a html document, either use <pre> or nl2br() (or a <textarea>).

To save the newlines in the database, take a look at mysql_real_escape_string

If you want your newlines displayed as breaks on the page when you display the records, use nl2br.

MySQL should preserve the newline - could it be your output (or your mysql gui) that isn't displaying it?