How to avoid HTML conversion of data retrieved from MySQL -

i storing data in mysql this-

5 fruits names -  mango orange apple banana grapes 

i able store data in new line in mysql. while fetching (using select query) it's displaying in single line in html form.

how avoid that?

use in perl, same nl2br.

sub nl2br {   $t = shift or return;   $t =~ s{([\r\n])}{<br />$1}g;   return $t; }