PHP nl2br() Function
Definition
The nl2br function inserts a HTML line break (<br/>) before all new line characters.
It does not replace the line breaks which means the \n breaks are left intact.
Syntax
PHP nl2br() Function has the following syntax.
string nl2br ( string str ) Parameter
str is the string to convert.
Return
PHP nl2br() Function returns the string with new line character being converted by <br>.
Example
Convert new line character with <br>.
<?PHP/*from w w w . j a va 2s.c om*/
$mystr = "This is a test\nfrom java2s.com.";
$brstr = nl2br($mystr);
print $brstr;
?>
The code above generates the following result.
