nl2li

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<?php

/**
 * Converts elements divided by newline characters to list items
 * @param String $text
 * @param Array $htmlAttrs
 */
function nl2li($text, array $htmlAttrs = null) {
  if (!empty($htmlAttrs)) {
    $attributes = array_walk($htmlAttrs, function($key, $value) {

      return $key.' = "'.$value.'"';
    });

    $openingLi = '<li '.implode(' ', $attributes).'>';
  }
  else
  {
    $openingLi = '<li>';
  }
  
  $parsedText = '';

  $token = strtok($text, "\n");
  while($token !== false) {
    $parsedText .= $openingLi.$token.'</li>'.PHP_EOL;

    $token = strtok("\n");
  }

  return $parsedText;
}

from os import linesep

def nl2li(text, html_attrs = None):
    html_attrs = html_attrs or dict()
    add = ' '.join(['%s="%s"' % (k, v) for k, v in html_attrs.iteritems()])
    openli = '<li%s%s>' % (' ' * min(len(add), 1), add)
    closeli = '</li>'
    return linesep.join(['%s%s%s' % (openli, line, closeli)
                        for line in text.splitlines()])

def test():
    """
    Prove the superiority of Python.
    Just run nosetests on the file.
    """
    assert nl2li('') == ''
    assert nl2li('coucou\nhehehe').splitlines() == \
            ['<li>coucou</li>', '<li>hehehe</li>']
    assert nl2li('coucou\nhehehe', {'class': 'plop'}).splitlines() == \
            ['<li class="plop">coucou</li>', '<li class="plop">hehehe</li>']

This could be better, but it's still more readable :)