About how to handle carriage return in textarea

About the carriage return handling problem in textarea $ message = nl2br ($ POST ['message']); then stored in the database, but when the user edits the content, the edit box is textarea. when abc & lt; br/& gt; def is used to edit the file, the following figure is displayed in textarea: in the abcdef edit box, I have a question about how to handle carriage return in textarea.
$ Message = nl2br ($ POST ['message']);
And then save it to the database
However, when you edit the content, the edit box is textarea, which is displayed as follows:
Abc

Def

How can I display the following information in textarea when editing a user:
Abc
Def

The edit box is displayed as follows: $ Blog [message]

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For \ n"

Generally, it is recommended that the original string be stored in the database. the nl2br is used only when the webpage is displayed.