inserting a return in php

[hwttdz]

I'm trying to get a return using php, the type of return that would be <br> in html or cout<<endl; in c++ if I remember right. Is there a function that gives you something like that, without doing
?> <br> <?php

thanks.

[thorpe]

if you put your strings in double quotes you can use \n for a new line. this however does not produce a <br /> as this is html and nothing to do with php, but there is a function [man]nl2br[/man] that will then convert all your \n's into <br /> tags.

example;

<?php

  $mystring = "this is a line\nand this is a new one\n";

  echo $mystring;

  echo nl2br($mystring)

?>

would produce;

this is a line
and this is a new one
this is a line<br />and this is a new one<br />