Hey people of the community,
Need a bit of help with trying to fixing this problem that causes data that is of a "TEXT" database-field type to not show the correct paragraph formatting in template but appears fine with the right enter/return gaps in the text area when editing it.

$Description.RAW - Does not work at all.

Is there any solution in fixing this issue without doing major things like upgrading.
Cheers!

I've attached some examples of the issue that I've been having.

Are you sure this is not just a css issue? Have you checked if 'under the hood' the HTML is the same?

Nope, it's not a CSS issue. We use the 3.0.3 version for our main site but on our new site, we're running 3.1.6 and it appears that the bug has sorted itself out on that.

Any help or tips on fixing this up? The thing is that we use NO HTML tags and the paragraphing is based purely on what is entered in the textarea on the frontend form.

Hi Stephen,

This was fixed here: https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-framework/pull/2034. If you need to replicate the behaviour before this patch was applied, you’ll need to add an extension to StringField with a method NL2BR_SS or something and then use $MyField.NL2BR_SS in your template:

class StringFieldExtension extends Extension {
    public function NL2BR_SS() {
        return nl2br($this->owner->value);
    }
}

Loz

Thanks heaps Loz!
You're a life saver! :) Have yourself a great Friday - because you've just solved a problem I've had for ages.