HTML Editor Field Not Showing Right in Grid App as Multi-line Text

A form accepts entry into an HTML Editor field in my project. I have a grid app to show the field in this table but the problem is "
" appears literally within that field in the grid app, in addition to the new lines. Everything else seems to be fine.

I’ve tried in PHP {fld} = str_replace("
", “<br>”, {fld}) as well as fld = REPLACE(fld, ’
', ‘<br>’) directly in MySQL but neither makes a difference.

Anyone has a solution?