Newlines don't work.

[lister]

Hi,

I am trying to output a newline, but this doesn't work:

echo "Line1\nLin e2";

Before anyone says, I know HTML doesn't recognise newlines. I don't
need newlines in the rendered HTML, I need newlines in the SOURCE to
make it understandable.

Cheers,
Lister

[Vincent]

Re: Newlines don't work.

echo("line1\n") ;
echo("line2");

or

<?php
$str = <<<EOD
Example of string
spanning multiple lines
using heredoc syntax.
EOD;
echo($str);
?>

lister schreef:

Hi,
>
I am trying to output a newline, but this doesn't work:
>
echo "Line1\nLin e2";
>
Before anyone says, I know HTML doesn't recognise newlines. I don't
need newlines in the rendered HTML, I need newlines in the SOURCE to
make it understandable.
>
Cheers,
Lister
>

[Michael Fesser]

Re: Newlines don't work.

..oO(lister)

>I am trying to output a newline, but this doesn't work:
>
>echo "Line1\nLin e2";

It does work. What PHP version do you use?

Micha

[Rik]

Re: Newlines don't work.

Vincent <newsgroup@home art.cjb.netwrot e:

lister schreef:

>Hi,
> I am trying to output a newline, but this doesn't work:
> echo "Line1\nLin e2";
> Before anyone says, I know HTML doesn't recognise newlines. I don't
>need newlines in the rendered HTML, I need newlines in the SOURCE to
>make it understandable.
> Cheers,
>Lister

echo("line1\n") ;
echo("line2");
>
or
>
<?php
$str = <<<EOD
Example of string
spanning multiple lines
using heredoc syntax.
EOD;
echo($str);
?>

While I'm a fan of heredoc, just using single quotes will also work.
--
Rik Wasmus

[CH4:D]

Re: Newlines don't work.

Michael Fesser wrote:

.oO(lister)
>

I am trying to output a newline, but this doesn't work:

echo "Line1\nLin e2";

>
It does work. What PHP version do you use?
>
Micha

I find it weird too. The syntax is correct.

--

[Christoph Burschka]

Re: Newlines don't work.

CH4:D schrieb:

Michael Fesser wrote:
>
>

>>.oO(lister)
>>
>>

>>>I am trying to output a newline, but this doesn't work:
>>>
>>>echo "Line1\nLin e2";

>>
>>It does work. What PHP version do you use?
>>
>>Micha

>
>
I find it weird too. The syntax is correct.
>

Yes, it should only cause a problem if it were enclosed in single
quotes. '\n' will just print \n, "\n" will print a linebreak. This can't
work:

echo 'Line1\nLine2';

(Just clarifying, since this distinction wasn't yet mentioned.)

--
CB