How do I keep data in a textarea as is?

Question

What I am trying to do is save data from a textarea as is. When I save write data into my textarea and format it as I want after I save it in my database it ignores all of what I did and saves it a plain text. For example I tried to save something like:

Fruit    Apple    Banana    Kiwi    Orange
Tom        1        2         0        5
Jerry      0        0         4        1
Cindy      0        0         0        8

But when I put them into the database they come out like this:

Fruit Apple Banana Kiwi Orange Tom 1 2 0 5 Jerry 0 0 4 1 Cindy 0 0 0 8

I want to keep the format that I gave it at the begging.

Is it possible to add tables to it?

Answer 1

You can't do this with simple textArea. You have to use ckeditor or other editor.

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