Convert PHP nl2br() to Ruby | PHP to Ruby

nl2br

Posted on July 4th, 2009 RubyLove 2 comments

The nl2br() function inserts HTML <br> tags before any new lines in a string.

PHP
```
echo nl2br("foo has a\n bar");
/* 
foo has a<br>
bar
*/
```
Ruby
```
p "foo has a\n bar".gsub("\n", "<br>\n")
# foo has a<br>
# bar
```
PHP, Ruby br, carriage return, line break, new line, nl2br, strings
2 responses to “nl2br”
1. Jim February 3rd, 2011 at 10:04
  
  Your solution does not work.
  I always get <br> ….
2. RubyLove February 3rd, 2011 at 12:49
  
  the point of this function is to create
  tags - when rendered as HTML, these will be line breaks.
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