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nl2p - alternative to nl2br

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/**
 * Returns string with newline formatting converted into HTML paragraphs.
 *
 * @author Michael Tomasello <miketomasello@gmail.com>
 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, Michael Tomasello
 * @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html BSD License
 * 
 * @param string $string String to be formatted.
 * @param boolean $line_breaks When true, single-line line-breaks will be converted to HTML break tags.
 * @param boolean $xml When true, an XML self-closing tag will be applied to break tags ( ).
 * @return string
 */
function nl2p($string, $line_breaks = true, $xml = true)
{
 // Remove existing HTML formatting to avoid double-wrapping things
 $string = str_replace(array('', '', ' ', ' '), '', $string);
 
 // It is conceivable that people might still want single line-breaks
 // without breaking into a new paragraph.
 if ($line_breaks == true)
 return ''.preg_replace(array("/([\n]{2,})/i", "/([^>])\n([^<])/i"), array("\n", '<br'.($xml == true ? ' /' : '').'>'), trim($string)).'';
 else 
 return ''.preg_replace("/([\n]{1,})/i", "\n", trim($string)).'';
}

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