replace \n to new line in string with php

Question

I just want to replace "\n" characters to new line in a string using php, like that :

string 'foo\n\nbar'

to

string 'foo

bar`

Anybody have an idea ? Thanks.

BlitZ · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-18 10:52:18Z

3

use str_replace('\n', PHP_EOL, 'foo\n\nbar');

<?php
header('Content-Type: text/plain');

$string = 'foo\n\nbar';

$string = str_replace('\n', PHP_EOL, $string);

echo $string;
?>

Shows:

foo

bar

answered Apr 18, 2013 at 10:34

BlitZ

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would be cool if you add nl2br option to your answer in the case that the text is to be displayed as HTML

@Okeke Emmanuel Oluchukwu, nl2br is already mentioned by chandresh_cool.

Oh my, really sorry about that @CORRUPT

chandresh_cool · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-18 10:31:34Z

1

you can always Use

nl2br

function

answered Apr 18, 2013 at 10:31

chandresh_cool

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It seems that the answer is replace the \n by PHP_EOL