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Posted by Michael on 05/28/07 03:15
On May 27, 8:05 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Michael wrote:
> > I'm new to PHP.
>
> > I see that PHP supports the C printf function, and I've seen examples
> > like printf("Hello world!\n"); however the newline character \n
> > doesn't work - i.e., it does not generate an HTML <br>, which I would
> > have expected - what it does is generate a newline in the html
> > generated text, but since the browser ignores blank lines, this
> > feature appears useless for most applications.
>
> >>From this arises two questions:
>
> > 1. I am misunderstanding something?
>
> > 2. What is the prescribed way of inserting a newline into a PHP
> > string? (Could it be printf("Hello world! <br>") ?
>
> > Thanks,
> > M. McDonnell
>
> It works fine. It generates a nl character, just as you asked it to.
> Look at your source code - you'll see the line break.
>
> If you want an HTML <br> or xthtml <br />, you need to code them
> yourself. PHP does not convert for you.
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> Jerry Stuckle
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Jerry,
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I looked at the source code, but no <br>,
all I get is a new line of white space, which as we know is ignored by
the browser.
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