How to escape new line from string

Question

is there any php method to remove new line char from string?

$str ="
Hi
there
";

my string contains a new line char between 'Hi' and 'there' i want output as a "Hi there".I don't want to use regular expression.

Answer 1

This is a bit confusing

is there any php method to remove new line char from string?

It looks like you actually want them replaced with a space.

$str = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\n", "\r"), ' ', $str);

Assuming the replacing goes from left to right, this should suit Windows text files.

The first grouping is to match Windows newlines which use both \r and \n.