PYTHON nl2br

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Python replacement for PHP's nl2br [ edit | history ] 
def nl2br(string, is_xhtml= True ):
    if is_xhtml:
        return string.replace('\n','<br />\n')
    else :
        return string.replace('\n','<br>\n')

PHP nl2br

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nl2br

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

nl2br — Inserts HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string

Description

string nl2br ( string $string [, bool $is_xhtml= true ] )

Returns string with '<br />' or '<br>' inserted before all newlines.

Parameters

string

The input string.

is_xhtml

Whenever to use XHTML compatible line breaks or not (defaults to TRUE).

Return Values

Returns the altered string.

Examples

Example #1 using nl2br()

<?php
echo nl2br("foo isn't\n bar");
?>

The above example will output:

foo isn't<br />
 bar

Example #2 Generating valid HTML markup using the is_xhtml parameter

<?php
echo nl2br("Welcome\r\nThis is my HTML document", false);
?>

The above example will output:

Welcome<br>
This is my HTML document

Changelog

Version Description
5.3.0 Added the optional is_xhtml parameter.
4.0.5 nl2br() is now XHTML compliant. All older versions will return string with '<br>' inserted before newlines instead of '<br />'.

See Also

  • htmlspecialchars() - Convert special characters to HTML entities
  • htmlentities() - Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities
  • wordwrap() - Wraps a string to a given number of characters
  • str_replace() - Replace all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string

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