Ok, Now I see what happen (maybe).
So, the "\n" is not for the browser output, but for the *view source*? So,
it's different from the "echo <br>"?
If so, what's the deal to do that? --- Makes it look nice if the user view
the source code?
cheers,
feng
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Wang Feng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] \n \t don't work!!!
> At 13:22 13-10-03, you wrote:
> >Guys,
> >
> >These codes are copied from the manual:
> >
> >*****************************************************
> > echo ("this is the simplest, an SGML processing instruction\n");
> > echo "This spans
> > multiple lines. The newlines will be
> > output as well";
> > echo "This spans\nmultiple lines. The newlines will be\noutput as
well.";
> >******************************************************
> >
> >None of them works.
> They do work but you will not see that in the rendered html page (in a
> browser). Have a look at the source of the produced page and you will see
> the linebreaks.
> I suppose your manual was not intending on making html pages, or it was a
> very lousy one. I would recommend reading the first chapters of the manual
> on www.php.net to get a general idea of PHP. Then read some tutorials on
> for instance phpfreaks.com.
>
>
> > I mean there're not any new lines generated in my
> >browser and I have to use the echo"<br>" to print a new line. But why
> >doesn't the \n work? BTW, the \t doesn't work either.
> >
> >(WindowsXP Pro + PHP Version 4.1.1)
> >
> >
> >Please advise.
> >
> >
> >cheers,
> >
> >feng
> >
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