new to php

[coder13]

I am trying to do a simple return between two strings in a php block.  All i get is a blank page when i insert the echo /n

line.... what am i doing wrong?

 

this is my code:

 

<?php

$str = "my string";

$str1 = "my other string";

echo $str;

echo /n;

echo $str1;

?>

[KevinM1]

The newline character is a string literal, which means it must be placed in quotes.  It's also \n, not /n.

[coder13]

thanks for the reply but it is still not working.

 

<?php

$str = "my string";

$str1 = "my other string";

echo $str;

echo "\n";

echo $str1;

?>

 

this returns: 

my string my other string

 

i want it to return:

my string

my other string

 

 

[KevinM1]

The newline character is working in regard to your generated output (look at your source code in the browser).  The 'problem' is that you're looking at it with the browser.  To a browser, an HTML line break element (<br>) is what will make a new line visible on the screen.

 

In other words, your generated code is:

 

my string
my other string

 

But since browsers ignore white space, it's being displayed as:

 

my stringmy other string

 

To make it look right in the browser, swap \n for <br>

[kenrbnsn]

The "\n" is not the newline on the browser display. To the browser, that character is another whitespace character. To get a newline on the browser, you need to use the HTML tag "<br>". If you had looked at the source, you would have seen the newline between those strings:

<?php
$str = "my string";
$str1 = "my other string";
echo $str;
echo "<br>";
echo $str1;
?>

or

<?php
$str = "my string";
$str1 = "my other string";
echo "$str<br>$str1";
?>[code]

Ken

[coder13]

thanks for the clarification.... think i have it now....

[co.ador]

<br/> tags will break a line jumping to the next line.