Can't get blog entry to format properly using wp-load

Question

I'm setting up a blog that I'm trying to integrate the posts of into old site pages. The

$id = $_GET['article_id'];
$post = get_post($id);
setup_postdata($post);
echo $post->post_content;

However, when I echo the blog post from $post->post_content, it seems that the html has been stripped out. The lines all run together. There are line breaks in the source, but there are no html <BR>s or <p>s. However, the post looks fine when I view it through the actual WordPress page.

I have to use <pre> to get it to display properly, but then on the page, lines don't wrap and it defaults to that typewriter font.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Post content, stored in database, is not equal to what gets displayed. It should be displayed with template tag function or at least run through the_content filter. Try:

the_content();

Or:

echo apply_filters( 'the_content', $post->post_content );