Render CKEditor field

[Smoo]

Hi - newbie question here.
I have a field called footer_center_section, whch is a text area. it's set to use CKEditor as input.
When I'm outputting this field, I'm seeing the markup as well as the content, rather than just the content.
In my template I've got  <?php echo $footer_center_section;?>
Output is shown in the attached screen shot.
Is there some property of a text area field that I should be using, rather than the object itself?

Any guidance appreciated.

[Robin S]

Welcome to the forums @Smoo.

2 hours ago, Smoo said:

When I'm outputting this field, I'm seeing the markup as well as the content, rather than just the content.

The markup is the content, but if you are seeing tags rendered like that then it could be caused by encoded entities. Check to make sure you do not have "HTML Entity Encoder" selected under "Text Formatters" in the field settings.

[Smoo]

Yep, that was it - thanks.