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PHP's strength is in its ability to turn a static web page into a dynamic web page by interacting directly with the HTML. Part of this strength is PHP's ability to convert non-HTML (text only) strings to HTML and HTML strings to non-HTML strings. To make this happen, PHP provides multiple built-in functions designed specifically for HTML conversions. The following is a list of the most commonly used: Text to HTML Conversion Functions • nl2br -             This function name (nl2br) is an acronym for "newline to <br /> tags" due to the fact that this function will convert all newline characters (\n) in strings to their XHTML-compliant equivalent (<br />). <?php $text = "See Spot. See Spot run. See Spot fall. See Spot's friends laugh. Hear Spot growl. See Spot's friends run."; print nl2br($text); // The sentence will now read "See Spot.<br />See Spot run. // <br />See Spot fall.<br />See Spo