I have a string "First line | second line | third line"
How can I replace | with a new line character?
I'm trying to use preg_replace but with no liuck
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4 Answers
here it is
str_replace('|',"\n",$string);
when \n is placed in double qouted string it changes to a new line
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Use this:
str_replace('|', PHP_EOL, $str);
You should use PHP_EOL instead of "\n" because PHP_EOL will always work on all server platforms. (NB. Windows uses "\r\n" and unix/linux uses "\n").
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Using strtr is a tad faster than str_replace or preg_replace.
echo strtr($string,'|', "\n");
Mind the double quotes around the \n.
Also, if you want to output HTML, a newline char is not sufficient, you need to replace it with <br /> tags.
echo str_replace("|", "<br />\n", $string);
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There is more generic case where e.g. '' serves as replacwment string:
// Provides: Hll Wrld f PHP
$vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "A", "E", "I", "O", "U"];
$onlyconsonants = str_replace($vowels, "", "Hello World of PHP");
