You could use PHP constant:
$array = explode(PHP_EOL, $text);
additional notes:
1. For me this is the easiest and the safest way because it is cross platform compatible (Windows/Linux etc.)
2. It is better to use PHP CONSTANT whenever you can for faster execution
It works for me:
if (isset($_POST['MyTextAreaName'])){
$array=explode( "\r\n", $_POST['MyTextAreaName'] );
now, my $array will have all the lines I need
for ($i = 0; $i <= count($array); $i++)
{
echo (trim($array[$i]) . "<br/>");
}
(make sure to close the if
block with another curly brace)
}