How to prevent people from posting HTML code in textarea

[egturnkey]

Hello,
I'd like to ask a question ..

How do i prevent people posting HTML codes in an textarea ?

thanks it really will helps me alot

[Snookerman]

You could use JavaScript like this:

<textarea onkeyup="javascript:this.value=this.value.replace(/[<,>]/g,'');"></textarea>

This won't work if JavaScript is turned off so you need to do server side checking as well.

Good luck!

[egturnkey]

thanks very much , it now works perfect.

[Nile]

As Snookerman said, it won't work if javascript is turned off. I suggest using PHP's htmlentities().

[Snookerman]

You're welcome, glad to help!

Good luck with your site!