NL2BR(3) 1 NL2BR(3)
nl2br - Inserts HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string
SYNOPSIS
string nl2br (string $string, [bool $is_xhtml = true])
DESCRIPTION
Returns $string with '<br />' or '<br>' inserted before all newlines (
,
,
and
).
PARAMETERS
o $string
- The input string.
o $is_xhtml
- Whether to use XHTML compatible line breaks or not.
RETURN VALUES
Returns the altered string.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Using nl2br(3)
<?php
echo nl2br("foo isn't
bar");
?>
The above example will output:
foo isn't<br />
bar
Example #2
Generating valid HTML markup using the $is_xhtml parameter
<?php
echo nl2br("Welcome
This is my HTML document", false);
?>
The above example will output:
Welcome<br>
This is my HTML document
Example #3
Various newline separators
<?php
$string = "This
is
a
string
";
echo nl2br($string);
?>
The above example will output:
This<br />
is<br />
a<br />
string<br />
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.0 | |
| | |
| | Added the optional $is_xhtml parameter. Before |
| | this version '<br />' was always inserted. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
htmlspecialchars(3), htmlentities(3), wordwrap(3), str_replace(3).
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