- str_replace: documentation ( source)
<?php
const COMMA = ',';
const EMPTY_STR = '';
$d = '\n';
echo ("\x0a" == "\n")? 'yes' : 'no',"\n";
$data = "1,2,3,$d,4,5,6,$d,7,8,9";
echo "data: $data\n";
$replace = array(COMMA,$d);
$subjects = array(EMPTY_STR,"\x0a");
$str = str_replace( $replace, $subjects, $data);
echo "Output:\n\n$str",PHP_EOL; // echo doesn't emit \n