help with nl2br

Greetings all, Due to style sheet stuff I need to modify the nl2br (IE create or use a different function). I am pulling data from a database and using nl2br, which does the standard. some text copy<br /> <br /> Some more copy<br /> What I want instead is <p>Some text copy</p> <p>some more text copy</p> Again this is because of css and the designer I am workign with. Is there a built in function that can do something like this or another function out there. So far I cannot see anything. Or is there a way to view the coding of the nl2br function so I can create a new function modifying how it does it. Just asking so I do not have to create something from scratch. Thanks. -- Blessed Be Phillip