How to replace 2 linebreaks with a paragraph

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trobale
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How to replace 2 linebreaks with a paragraph

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What preg_replace syntax should I use when I want to format a text paragraph (that is delimetered by \n\n) to html paragraph <p></p>.

eg I have the following text:

some text

some more text


to html:

<p>some text</p>
<p>some more text</p>


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Post by dustrg »

Could you just /g globally replace all "\n\n" with "</p>\n\n<p>" and enclose the resulting string in a "<p>" and "</p>"?
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Post by feyd »

There's no /g modifier in PHP's PCRE. That is controlled via secondary parameters.
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Post by trobale »

What a fool I am!

Thank You
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