display format with php from mysql?

I have data in mysql that has new lines, ie.

line 1
line 2
line 3

all in one record. Is there a way I can use php to get and display each line separately?
Now I just get this: line1line2line 3

but I want this:
line1
line2
line3

Pull your query result into an array and arrange it from there:



Check out:
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/...01_4/page1.html

Sorry, I don't understand still. I have a table with: name varchar(50), comment blob, ID, primary key (ID). If a typical comment was like this:
Dear so and so,
I appreciate your help.
Please write back.

I used this as I thought you suggested:

$query = "SELECT * FROM $tableName";
$result = mysql_db_query($database, $query);
while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$name = $myrow['name'];
$line1 = $myrow['comment'];
$line2 = $myrow['comment'];
$line3 = $myrow['comment'];
$ID = $myrow['ID'];
echo "$line1<br>$line2<br>$line3";
}

but all I get is the whole comment three times:
Dear so and so, I appreciate your help. Please write back.
Dear so and so, I appreciate your help. Please write back.
Dear so and so, I appreciate your help. Please write back.

I checked mysql SELECT * from Table; and the format is still intact. I want to get the same carriage return after each sentence as I stored into the mysql record.

Take the affected lines and pass them through nl2br

i.e.
$text = nl2br($text);
echo $text;

Thanks Onslaught, that did the trick.