Adding a line break in MySQL INSERT INTO text

Question

Could someone tell me how to add a new line in a text that I enter in a MySql table?

I tried using the \'\\n\' in the line I entered with INSERT I

Answer 1

MySQL can record linebreaks just fine in most cases, but the problem is, you need
tags in the actual string for your browser to show the breaks. Since you mentioned PHP, you can use the nl2br() function to convert a linebreak character ("\n") into HTML
tag.

Just use it like this:

Output (in HTML):

Hello, World!
I hate you so much

Here's a link to the manual: http://php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php