Smarty

[naish]

Browsing the source code I wondered why a br2nl function was missing, so I whipped one up.

[php:1:c3bb6390f0]<?php

/*
* Smarty plugin
* -------------------------------------------------------------
* Type: modifier
* Name: br2nl
* Version: 1.0
* Date: May 13, 2003
* Author: Michael Wulff Nielsen
* Based on: nl2br by Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net>
* Purpose: convert <br>,<br /> to \n
* Input: contents = contents to replace
* Example: {$text|br2nl}
* -------------------------------------------------------------
*/
function smarty_modifier_br2nl($string)
{
$string=str_ireplace("<br />","\n",$string);
return(str_ireplace("<br>","\n",$string));
}

/* vim: set expandtab: */

?>
[/php:1:c3bb6390f0]

Whoops, just noticed that the str_ireplace function is not yet part of the stable PHP, its only in CVS, more compatible code, but less flexible.

[php:1:c3bb6390f0]<?php

/*
* Smarty plugin
* -------------------------------------------------------------
* Type: modifier
* Name: br2nl
* Version: 1.0
* Date: May 13, 2003
* Author: Michael Wulff Nielsen
* Based on: nl2br by Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net>
* Purpose: convert <br>,<br /> to \n
* Input: contents = contents to replace
* Example: {$text|br2nl}
* -------------------------------------------------------------
*/
function smarty_modifier_br2nl($string)
{
$string=str_replace("<br />","\n",$string);
return(str_replace("<br>","\n",$string));
}

/* vim: set expandtab: */

?>
[/php:1:c3bb6390f0]

Have fun with it.
Michael Wulff Nielsen

[andre]

I would use a preg replace like this:
[php:1:ce602e3b8b]$string=preg_replace('/\<br\s*\/?\>/i', "\n", $string);[/php:1:ce602e3b8b]

this will replace everything of the following:
[php:1:ce602e3b8b]$string = "this is a test of <br/> and <br> and <br > and <br /> and <BR> and <Br />";[/php:1:ce602e3b8b]

[naish]

Well, I personally don't know regexp's. But something tells me that I should learn them fast. I will insert your expression into my code here.

BTW. How does one go about submitting code for inclusion into smarty?

Kind regards
Michael Wulff Nielsen

[AZTEK]

Probably email it into the mailing list
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[boots]

If you're interested in regex's, there is a book recommendation near the end of this thread http://www.phpinsider.com/smarty-forum/viewtopic.php?t=243 as well as some indication as to what you are getting yourself into The book, is awesome!

[Justin]

[aloner]

str_replace() will not convert tags like <br /> (additional spaces), which are valid HTML for browser. So the only way to do it _correctly_ is to use regexes.
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[sweatje]

regexp should even pick up