php replace PHP_EOL

Question

The input is from a file. I'm using this code:

$inputText = "a\nb\nc\nd";
$outputText = str_replace(PHP_EOL, ("<br />".PHP_EOL), $inputText);

The output is:

a
<br />b
<br />c
<br />d
<br />

but I need:

a<br />
b<br />
c<br />
d<br />

Can somebody help me pls?

Answer 1

Just use nl2br().

This will do all the work for you. No need for manual replacing.

$outputText = nl2br($inputText);

Answer 2

Just try with:

$outputText = str_replace("\n", "<br />\n", $inputText) . '<br />';