\n\r Not removed by PHP functions
<p>On my home page, I display some info about the hikes (it is a hiking site) and embarassinlgy, 
the \r\n characters still show up.</p>

<p>I do these functons</p>

<pre><code>$hike_description = htmlspecialchars ($hike_description);
$hike_description = nl2br($hike_description);
</code></pre>

<p>And still those characters do not go away.  You can take a look yourself at <a href="http://www.comehike.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.comehike.com</a></p>

<p>Would you know what is the proper way to get rid of the \r\n characters?  You can see it happening in the "Upcoming Hikes" section...on the 3rd hike.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>
