/**
* 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 $xml When true, an XML self-closing tag will be applied to break tags (<br />).
* @return string
*/
function nl2p($string, $line_breaks = true, $xml = true)
{
// Remove existing HTML formatting to avoid double-wrapping things
$string = str_replace(array('<p>', '</p>', '<br>', '<br />'), '', $string);
// It is conceivable that people might still want single line-breaks
// without breaking into a new paragraph.
if ($line_breaks == true)
return '<p>'.preg_replace(array("/([\n]{2,})/i", "/([^>])\n([^<])/i"), array("</p>\n<p>", '<br'.($xml == true ? ' /' : '').'>'), trim($string)).'</p>';
else
return '<p>'.preg_replace("/([\n]{1,})/i", "</p>\n<p>", trim($string)).'</p>';
}