function nl2br_JS (str, is_xhtml) {
    // Converts newlines to HTML line breaks  
    // 
    // version: 1006.1915
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/nl2br    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Philip Peterson
    // +   improved by: Onno Marsman
    // +   improved by: Atli Þór
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman    // +      input by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +   bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +   improved by: Maximusya
    // *     example 1: nl2br('Kevin\nvan\nZonneveld');    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin\nvan\nZonneveld'
    // *     example 2: nl2br("\nOne\nTwo\n\nThree\n", false);
    // *     returns 2: '<br>\nOne<br>\nTwo<br>\n<br>\nThree<br>\n'
    // *     example 3: nl2br("\nOne\nTwo\n\nThree\n", true);
    // *     returns 3: '\nOne\nTwo\n\nThree\n'
    var breakTag = (is_xhtml || typeof is_xhtml === 'undefined') ? '' : '<br />';
 
    return (str + '').replace(/([^>\r\n]?)(\r\n|\n\r|\r|\n)/g, '$1'+ breakTag +'$2');
}