php - replace string occurrences

Question

I have a string \"First line | second line | third line\" How can I replace | with a new line character?

I\'m trying to use

Answer 1

Use this:

str_replace('|', PHP_EOL, $str);

You should use PHP_EOL instead of "\n" because PHP_EOL will always work on all server platforms. (NB. Windows uses "\r\n" and unix/linux uses "\n").