How to convert multiple tag to a single tag in php

Question

Wanted to convert

into

Answer 1

Use a regular expression to match <br/> one or more times, then use preg_replace (or similar) to replace with <br/> such as levik's reply.

Answer 2

Thanks all.. Used Jakemcgraw's (+1) version

Just added the case insensative option..

{(<br[^>]*>\s*)+}i

Great tool to test those Regular expressions is:

http://www.spaweditor.com/scripts/regex/index.php

Answer 3

Enhanced readability, shorter, produces correct output regardless of attributes:

preg_replace('{(<br[^>]*>\s*)+}', '<br/>', $input);