Converting into a new line for use in a text area

Question

If I have a variable:

$var1 = \"Line 1 info blah blah 
 Line 2 info blah blah\";

And a text area:

Answer 1

 Line 2 info blah blah";
$var1 = str_replace("
", "\n", $var1);

?>

<?php echo $var1; ?>