note 109577 added to function.nl2br

If you're looking to do the reverse, that is, "break to newline", here's one approach, which uses regular expressions and enables breaks to be replaced with any character (not just a newline). The expression includes any amount of white-space between the characters in the HTML break tags(s) and disregards case (that is, <br/> and <BR > will both be replaced), and takes into account the optional "short" closing tag. <?php function replaceHtmlBreaks($str, $replace, $multiIstance = FALSE) { //The multi-instance version, which replaces any number //of consecutive tags, including any white-space, will replace // //Some string <BR /><br> Another string <br /><Br /> // //for example, with // //Some string.Another string. // //The single-instance version will replace the same string with // //Some string .. Another string .. $base = '<[bB][rR][\s]*[/]*[\s]*>'; $pattern = '|' . $base . '|'; if ($multiIstance === TRUE) { //The pipe (|) delimiter can be changed, if necessary. $pattern = '|([\s]*' . $base . '[\s]*)+|'; } return preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $str); } ?> ---- Server IP: 192.41.42.26 Probable Submitter: 50.75.172.235 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/109577 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109577/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109577/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109577/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109577/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109577/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109577/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109577 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/109577 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php