Replacing double
with two new lines not working

Question

So I have the the following html:

line 1<br>line 2<br><br>line 4<br><br>line 6

And a preg_replace that replaces all break lines with new lines:

preg_replace('#<br\s*/?>#i', "\n", $data.edit_comment->content)

However, the output is this:

line 1
line 2
line 4
line 6

In other words, lline 3 and 5 are disappearing. Why is this happening? I know there are a ton of questions like these on the internet but I haven't seen one that explains why this is happening and how to fix it. I tried replacing <br> with \r\n but it makes no difference.

I see multiple lines https://3v4l.org/I7ifB how are you viewing it? — user3783243, Jun 21 '18 at 18:14
That's not a double-`
`. That's a `
`, newline, `
`. Adjust your regex accordingly... — MonkeyZeus, Jun 21 '18 at 18:18
Sorry, the html text is in a single line. I did it in new lines for visibility. — nived, Jun 21 '18 at 18:19
Take a look at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8627902/new-line-in-text-area — user3783243, Jun 21 '18 at 18:20
Are you explicitly targetting double-`
`s or need to replace single ones too? — MonkeyZeus, Jun 21 '18 at 18:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 21 '18 at 18:32

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I works fine for me in text area ...

<?php $html = 'line 1<br>line 2<br><br>line 4<br><br>line 6'; ?>
<textarea cols='60' rows='8'><?php echo preg_replace('#<br\s*/?>#i', "\n", $html); ?></textarea>

Outputs:

answered Jun 21 '18 at 18:32

Scotty G

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Replacing double with two new lines not working

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Replacing double
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