nl2br

Example

Example 1

Insert a newline before a new line (\n) in a string:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">nl2br</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"One line.\nAnother line."</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

The browser output of the above code:

 One line.
Another line.

HTML input of the above code (see source code):

 One line.<br />
Another line.

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Example 2

By using the xhtml parameter, insert a newline before the new line (\n):

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">nl2br</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"One line.\nAnother line."</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token constant boolean">false</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

The browser output of the above code:

 One line.
Another line.

HTML input of the above code (see source code):

 One line.<br>
Another line.

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