Elegant solution for line-breaks (PHP)

Question

$var = \"Hi there\".\"
\".\"Welcome to my website\".\"
;\"
echo $var;

Is there an elegant way to handle line-breaks in PHP? I\'

Answer 1

Not very "elegant" and kinda a waste, but if you really care what the code looks like you could make your own fancy flag and then do a str_replace.

Example:

$myoutput =  "After this sentence there is a line break..|.. Here is a new line.";

$myoutput =  str_replace(".|..","<br />",$myoutput);

or

how about:

$myoutput =  "After this sentence there is a line break.E(*)3 Here is a new line.";

$myoutput =  str_replace("E(*)3","<br />",$myoutput);

I call the first method "middle finger style" and the second "goatse style".