PHP nl2br() Function

PHP nl2br() Function

The nl2br() function in PHP inserts HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string.

Syntax

nl2br ( string $string [, bool $is_xhtml] )

Parameter

sting(required)- This parameter specifies the input string.

is_xhtml(optional)- This parameter states whether to use XHTML compatible line breaks or not.. The default value is true.

Return

This function returns the altered string with <br /> or <br> inserted before all newlines (\r\n, \n\r, \n and \r).

Example 1

 or 
) in front of each newline (\n) in a string.
echo "\nAfter using the 'nl2br()' function...\nNew Sring: ".nl2br($str);  
?>   

Output

String: Hello
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After using the 'nl2br()' function... 
New Sring Hello

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Example 2

 or 
) in front of each newline (\n) in a string.
echo "\nAfter using the 'nl2br()' function...\nNew Sring: ".nl2br($str);  
?>   

Output

String: This
is
a
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After using the 'nl2br()' function...
New Sring: This
 
is

a

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Example 3

 or 
) in front of each newline (\n) in a string.
echo "\nAfter the nl2br() function...\n"; 
echo nl2br($str,false); // passed false will return 
 instead of 

?> 

Output

String: This is a
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After the nl2br() function...
This is a<;br>
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