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BB Code into a form ?

Hi All,

Im fairly new to writing scripts with PHP. I've currently making a news script using PHP and MySQL, the News manager is nearly complete but i would like to add some BB Code to the form giving them features like and a link <br> and <p> but i just havent a clue how to include it into my form here's the form so far :

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<form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="post">
<p><font color="#336699" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><u>Add
News Item</u></strong></font></p>
<p><font color="#336699" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br />
Headline (<em> title of news</em> )<br>
<input type="text" name="headline" size="53" maxlength="255" STYLE= background="#D3E3F1" />
</font></p>
[COLOR=dark red]<p><font color="#336699" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br />
Content (<em> news story</em> )<br>
<textarea name="content" cols="40" rows="5" STYLE= background="#D3E3F1"></textarea>
</font></p>

<p><font color="#336699" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Author's
Name</font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
<input type="text" name="author" size="53" maxlength="255" STYLE= background="#D3E3F1" />
</font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font><br />
<img src="images/spacer.gif" width="100" height="8">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add News Item" STYLE= background="#D3E3F1" />
</p>
</form>[/COLOR]


I would like the BB code to be fuctional onli in the [COLOR=dark red]content text area[/color] ?

If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great.
Thx for yout time and effort
Jackal

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