[SOLVED] making a new line in php

[silverglade]

hi, im new to php and was wondering how i can insert new lines into all the output lines in this code, any help greatly appreciated. derek

 

<?php
$money = 30;
$pet = "Kitten";
$new = sprintf("It costs $%3.2f for a %s.\n",$money,$pet);

$new2 = sprintf("%'.-20s%3.2f",$pet,$money);
echo $new;

echo $new2;
$today = date("Y/m/d");

echo $today;
?>

[LemonInflux]

hi, im new to php and was wondering how i can insert new lines into all the output lines in this code, any help greatly appreciated. derek

 

<?php
$money = 30;
$pet = "Kitten";
$new = sprintf("It costs $%3.2f for a %s.\n",$money,$pet);

$new2 = sprintf("%'.-20s%3.2f",$pet,$money) ."\n";
echo $new;

echo $new2;
$today = date("Y/m/d") ."\n";

echo $today;
?>

[kenrbnsn]

A new line in the browser is produced by the <br> tag, not the "\n" character.

 

Ken

[Darklink]

\n produces a new line in the HTML code (\r\n for windows)

<br/> will produce an actual line in the output.

[silverglade]

thank you kenrbnsn  and everyone. derek here is my corrected code. thanks.

 

<?php
$money = 30;
$pet = "Kitten";
$new = sprintf("It costs $%3.2f for a %s.<br>",$money,$pet);

$new2 = sprintf("%'.-20s%3.2f",$pet,$money) ."<br>";
echo $new;

echo $new2;
$today = date("Y/m/d") ."<br>";

echo $today;
?>

 

[DarkWater]

Silverglade, you may want to use

<br />

because it's XHTML compliant.

[Darklink]

Woops. SMF didn't post my break tag.

 

<br />

 

That's the one.