strip_tags and nl2br

Hey everyone, I have a little bit of a quandry. I need to strip HTML tags from user input, but I also need to convert \n's from the textarea elements to <br> tags so it will display properly in a browser. nl2br() works just fine, but if I use strip_tags first, then run nl2br, nl2br won't work as expected. Instead, everything shows up on a single line. I understand why it won't work if I place a call to nl2br inside a call to strip_tags, but strip_tags doesn't get rid of \n's, right? I'm making my calls like this: $string = strip_tags($_SESSION['variable']); $string = nl2br($string); I would expect that to work, but it doesn't :( Am I missing something? I originally placed the call to strip_tags inside the call to nl2br, but when that didn't work, I tried doing these calls separately. Thanks! James -- My blog: http://www.crazydrclaw.com/ My homepage: http://james.colannino.org/ "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." --George Washington Carver