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Posted by Tuomo Kankaanpää
Tuomo Kankaanpää
13,574 Points

How can I implement simple text formatting to my web site?

Hello,

I am working on a project where I have a web site of blog posts. I am using HTML, Javascript and PHP on the site. One feature on the site is a possibility to comment on a blog post. Text of a comment is saved to SQL database.

The comments are now just plain text but I would like to enable the following formatting options for the text in the comment: bold, italic, underline. So how should I implement this kind of functionality? What would be the best way to approach this problem?

All tips and advice are welcome! Thank you!

1 Answer

Petros Sordinas
Petros Sordinas
16,181 Points

Hi Tuomo,

Have you looked at add ons like http://ckeditor.com/ ? I haven't used it but I think you have all the editor functionality you need which you can then take and store in your db.

Tuomo Kankaanpää
Tuomo Kankaanpää
13,574 Points

Hi Petros,

Thanks for your reply! I tested ckeditor out as you suggested and it seems to be just what I need!

Thank you!