[thelist] PHP nl2br - <br> and <br />

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True. Can't really remember why I typed that (only 5 minutes ago).
Must be getting tired.

<tip value="nl2br and HTML v4.xx compatibility">
In the latest versions of PHP, the function nl2br will output
XHTML/XML compatible br tags (i.e. <br />), if you're using a DTD
earlier than the XHTML v1.x DTD, try using $string =
str_replace("\n","<br>"$string); instread to output HTML (not XHTML)
compatible BR tags, so that the BR tag corresponds with your DTD (and
will also validate if you want it to be validated).
</tip>

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Monday, March 25, 2002, 12:12:27 AM, Joel Canfield wrote:

>>I can't see why the W3 validator shouldn't validate <br /> as
>>HTML 4.01, I know it's XML/XHTML, but isn't the whole point of
>>it for backwards compatibility? If a browser rendering engine
>>will see it as valid, why not the validator?
>>

> That's exactly the point; it's not valid according to the HTML spec, afaik.
> If you want to use XML/XHTML you have to use the correct DTD. Can't be
> backwards compatible unless you're already forward. Or something like that.

> spinhead

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