file() not showing spaces correctly

[jrbilodeau]

Hi,

 

I'm working on a site that i post some guitar tabs and music with cords. i upload the music a .txt files which is fine, except when i try to read in that file, the not all spaces show up correctly so now the cords don't show up over the right words.

 

this is what i tried to display the contents of the txt file on the page

 

$content = file("_files/music/electric/$electric");
$j = count($content);
for($i=0; $i < $j; $i++){
   print "<font size=2 face=\"Lucida Console\">$content[$i]</font><br>";
}

 

i also tried this but got the same results.

 

$file = fopen("_files/music/electric/$electric", "r") or exit("Unable to open file!");
while(!feof($file)){
   echo fgets($file). "<br />";
}
fclose($file);

 

Any suggestions of how to display the contents of the txt file on the webpage with all the spaces correctly?

 

thanks

[jackpf]

Try putting <pre></pre> round the file when echoing its contents. This preserves white space.

 

Alternatively, (and the way I prefer) is to achieve the same effect with css-

 

<span style="white-space: preserve;"></span>

 

Hope this helps