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All <code class="literal">"\n"</code> line breaks will be converted to html
<code class="literal"><br /></code> tags in the given variable.
This is equivalent to the PHP's <a class="ulink" href="http://php.net/nl2br" target="_top">
<code class="varname">nl2br()</code></a> function.
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<?php
$smarty->assign('articleTitle',
"Sun or rain expected\ntoday, dark tonight"
);
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Where the template is:
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{$articleTitle|nl2br}
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Will output:
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Sun or rain expected<br />today, dark tonight
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See also
<a class="link" href="language.modifier.wordwrap.html" title="wordwrap"><code class="varname">word_wrap</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="language.modifier.count.paragraphs.html" title="count_paragraphs"><code class="varname">count_paragraphs</code></a>
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<a class="link" href="language.modifier.count.sentences.html" title="count_sentences"><code class="varname">count_sentences</code></a>.
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