note 59909 added to function.nl2br

Re: emailfire The function emailfire posted is missing some backslashes, a better alternative to it is: <?php $foo = "This\nis a\r\ntest\rmessage"; function nl2brr($text) { return preg_replace("/\r\n|\n|\r/", "<br>", $text); } echo nl2brr($foo); # Output: This<br>is a<br>test<br>message ?> I put both functions in a for-loop and surprisingly preg_replace is a lot faster, I assume this is because str_replace will search the string several times. If you know what kind of breaks (Windows/Unix) you are expecting it is obviously better to use str_replace. A note: Internet Explorer does not have any XHTML support, even browsers that DO have XHTML support (such as Firefox or Opera) will not parse pages as XHTML unless told so via a Header (for example through php's header function, like <?php header(Content-type: application/xhtml+xml); ?>), the tag <br /> is invalid in HTML 4. Since all browsers show it correctly anyway (though according to the specification they shouldn't), you could simply not care... ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59909 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59909&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59909&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59909&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59909&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59909&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59909&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59909&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59909&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php