Math operation syntax help

[kuyarey]

My Mathematical operation is not working. Need help. Thank you in advance!

P.S.

Go easy on me I'm a noob in both the PHP language and these forums

 

<?php

//First ever serious php program starting from the basics

 

echo "Hello World</br>";

 

print "<br>(278909887*4)</br>";

 

print "This should come out in another line";

 

?> 

 

Output:

 

Hello World

 

(278909887*4)  ====> This is what I'm talking about

This should come out in another line

 

[Ch0cu3r]

The math operation needs to be done outside the string 

print "<br>" . (278909887*4) . "</br>";

Anything within a quotes is treated as-is. Only variables are expanded within double quoted strings. If you need to calculate/perform a function and use the result in a string you need to concatenate. Explained here http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.string.php

[QuickOldCar]

To ensure the break works html,html5 and xhtml should use <br />

Personally I use echo because it can do more.

echo (278909887*4) . "<br />";

I know this is a simple example, for the record using css is even better.