PHP » Strings » nl2br()
- Syntax:
- string nl2br(string text)
- text
- Text with new line characters.
Converts new line characters to html tags.
New line characters have no effect in a web browser. To get a line break, the <br> tag should be used. nl2br() converts all new line characters in a string to <br> tags.
Examples
Code:
<?php
$s = "This is \na text with \nline breaks";
print "$s<br><br>";
print nl2br($s);
?> Output:
This is a text with line breaks
This is
a text with
line breaks Explanation:
This code shows how nl2br can be used to give new line characters effect in a web browser.
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