# Problem in inserting and displaying smilies

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-in-inserting-and-displaying-smilies/268377>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [August 13, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-in-inserting-and-displaying-smilies/268377 "2008-08-13T05:13:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![hariku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a698b9/32.png) [@hariku](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hariku)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-in-inserting-and-displaying-smilies/268377/1 "2008-08-13T05:13:34Z")

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The script below is the portion in the form… and the page is in php…

When i submit the comment, action is occuring in action.php… and displayed on index.php…

But only in the form of text… like 🙂  
So plz help me what code is to be inserted, and where to insert… i will add the entire code here…

\<script type=“text/javascript”\>  
function insertSmiley(smiley)  
{

var currentText = document.getElementById(“comment”);

var smileyWithPadding = " " + smiley + " ";  
currentText.value += smileyWithPadding;  
currentText.focus();

}  
\</script\>  
\<img src=“images/smilie\_wink.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(’:-D’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/smilie\_redface.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(’:-P’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/smilie\_alert.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(’:=(’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/devious.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(’=:)’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/huh.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(‘o\_0’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/knockedOut.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(‘x-)’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/puzzled.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(’:-~’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/regularSmile.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(’:-)’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/shocked.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(’:-o’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/snooze.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(‘z:-)’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/tongue.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(’:-P’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/unsure.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(’:-/’)” /\>  
\<img src=“images/upset.gif” onclick=“insertSmiley(’:-(’)” /\>