FIX: Convert newlines to <br /> tags in string fields (fixes #1942)

model/fieldtypes/StringField.php

@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ abstract class StringField extends DBField {
 			return parent::prepValueForDB($value);
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function forTemplate() {
+		return nl2br($this->XML());
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * Limit this field's content by a number of characters.

tests/model/StringFieldTest.php

@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@
  */
 
 class StringFieldTest extends SapphireTest {
+
+	/**
+	 * @covers StringField->forTemplate()
+	 */
+	public function testForTemplate() {
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			"this is<br />\na test!",
+			DBField::create_field('StringFieldTest_MyStringField', "this is\na test!")->forTemplate()
+		);
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * @covers StringField->LowerCase()