diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions.php b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
index 541c8253ad..a453ad9edb 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function set_var(&$result, $var, $type, $multibyte = false)
 
 	if ($type == 'string')
 	{
-		$result = trim(htmlspecialchars(str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", '\xFF'), array("\n", "\n", ' '), $result)));
+		$result = trim(htmlspecialchars(str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\xFF"), array("\n", "\n", ' '), $result)));
 		$result = (STRIP) ? stripslashes($result) : $result;
 		if ($multibyte)
 		{