Formatting or replacing code after php include

I currently have the following pieced together to include a file (unformatted plain text file) on a webpage:

<?php
$URL = "http://mysite.com/".$page."";
include ("$URL");
?>

The include works fine however when viewing the webpage with the include the page appears as:
apple banana mango

I have been trying without success now to get the included plain text file to have <br /> so that it will display as:
apple
banana
mango

What is the way to do this. I have played around with str_replace and preg_replace but my knowledge of php is very basic (non-existant).

Thanks for any help.

 

I am not able to relate $URL with apple mango and banana ... could you give better example ?

Assume that include tag would only copy the content of file / data you wish to include, so if I add include in a page called mypage
mypage {--------------lots of code--------------------}
addthis {somecode}

so if i include addthis in mypage...
mypage {--------------lots of code----------- include (addthis)---------}
it (mypage) would be finally processed as
mypage {--------------lots of code-----------{somecode}---------}

HTH,

 

OK, not too clear..

<?php
include ("http://mysite.com/".$page."");
?>

Code (markup):

...includes an plain text file in the page.

I would like to somehow edit the file before it is displayed.

i.e. replace the space or newline which it has now, with <br />

 

OK
So save the text file with the format you would like to display it in!

 

I know that would work, but i need it in 2 different formats on 2 websites. Which is my i am trying to do it..

 

OK found a solution here in case anyone else is looking: http://www.builderau.com.au/program/php/soa/Transform-plain-text-files-into-Web-pages-automatically-with-this-PHP-script/0,339028448,339272897,00.htm