Php $_POST method to get textarea value

Question

I am using php to get textarea value using post method but getting a weird result with that let me show you my code

Answer 1

Make sure your escaping the HTML characters

E.g.

// Always check an input variable is set before you use it
if (isset($_POST['contact_list'])) {
    // Escape any html characters
    echo htmlentities($_POST['contact_list']);
}

This would occur because of the angle brackets and the browser thinking they are tags.

See: http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php