a function like nl2br but in javascript?

[Gozil]

Hello, was just wondering if its possible to have a function like nl2br in javascript. I need it to change the row where the user have used enter.

[pbmods]

Heya, Gozil.

If you think about it, nl2br() is really just a fancy way of doing this:

str_replace("\n", "<br />\n", $str);
 

It's actually slightly more complicated than that, but the point is the same.
With that in mind, you can run a quickie string replace of your own:

var $textarea = document.getElementById('theTextarea');
 
$textarea.value = $textarea.vaue.replace('\n', '<br />\n');
 

[Gozil]

Thanks, but i need to use it in a xml file and if I use <br /> in another xml tag i wont get the whole node. But I could use something like [br] and then convert it to <br /> later. But im not sure how to convert back a text that uses [] I get it wrong when I write this:

var my_string = 'hello this is a text[br]this is the next row';
my_string = String.replace(my_string,/[br]/g,'<br />');

it doesnt replace the whole [br] tag..

edit:
nvm I can just use this when i try to output the text:
my_string = String.replace(my_string,/[\n]/g,'<br />');

instead of replacing the \n before i put it in the mySQL database.