How to replace all XHTML/HTML line breaks () with new lines?

Question

I am looking for the best br2nl function. I would like to replace all instances of
and


Answer 1

You should be using PHP_EOL constant to have platform independent newlines.

In my opinion, using non-regexp functions whenever possible makes the code more readable.

$newlineTags = array(
  '
',
  '
',
  '
',
);
$html = str_replace($newlineTags, PHP_EOL, $html);

I am aware this solution has some flaws, but wanted to share my insights still.