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Re: Question about new lines [message #175492 is a reply to message #175489] Sun, 02 October 2011 15:43 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 10/2/2011 10:00 AM, Linus Flustillbe wrote:
> I come from a scripting background so am not unfamiliar
> with the concept of CR/LF characters. I am in the process
> of learning PHP via the following tutorial
>
> http://mobilitystudies.com/mob/images/stories/PHP_Tutorial_From_beginner_to _master.pdf
>
> Currently I have "hello.php" with the following lines of code
>
> -------------------------
> <html>
> <body>
> <?php
> $d=date("D");
> if ($d=="Fri")
> echo "Have a nice weekend!";
> elseif ($d=="Sun")
> echo "Have a nice Sunday!";
> else echo "Have a nice day!";
> echo "\nhello boss"."\t"."does this work".PHP_EOL;
> echo "again";
> ?>
> </body>
> </html>
> ---------------------------------
> When I load this in my browser I see the following
> ------------------------
> Have a nice Sunday! hello boss does this work again
> -------------------------
> And if I look at the page source (using Firefox)
> --------------------------
> <html>
> <body>
> Have a nice Sunday!
> hello boss does this work
> again</body>
> </html>
> ------------------------
> Should the "\n" not push a NewLine out to the output?
> I did some research and found that the PHP_EOL seems to be what is
> recommended since it is platform independant. But it doesn't work
> either.
>
> Can anyone suggest or point out what I am doing wrong, or is this a flaw
> in php?
>
> Thanks
>

The fact that it looks OK in your page source indicates this isn't a PHP
problem, but an HTML one. HTML ignores most whitespace.

Before getting into PHP too much, I would suggest you get a book on HTML
and learn more about how it works, or you'll continue to fight
"problems" like this in the future.

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