Description
string 
nl2br ( string string )
     Returns string with '<br />' inserted
     before all newlines.
    
注: 
     Starting with PHP 4.0.5, nl2br() is now XHTML
     compliant.  All versions before 4.0.5 will return
     string with '<br>' inserted before
     newlines instead of '<br />'.
    
     
例子 1. using nl2br() 
<?php echo nl2br("foo isn't\n bar"); ?>
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       this will output :
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     See also htmlspecialchars(),
     htmlentities(), 
     wordwrap(), and
     str_replace().