the most newbie question ever, regarding \n

[quartney]

Hi, I am trying to learn php from a book and am doing the sample exercises.  I can't figure out why \n isn't making a new line for me.  I am using php 5.2.0.  Here is the code, and it is being output on one line.

 

<?php

$name = "Paul";

print "Your name is $name\n";

$name2 = $name;

$age = 20;

print "Your name is $name2, and your age is $age\n";

print "Goodbye, $name!\n";

?>

 

thanks a lot for your help!

Q.

[simon551]

try <br />

[quartney]

Hi Simon:

 

I see that you suggested that I try br.  The thing is, I don't care if the lines are separate or not, because this is a silly exercise.  I just would like to know why \n isn't working for me.

 

thanks,

Q.

[kenrbnsn]

If you're displaying the output in a browser window then the "\n" has no meaning to the browser and it changes it to a space. To display a newline in a browser window you need to use the "<br>" tag. If you do a "show source" you will see the newlines.

 

Ken

[quartney]

Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know!!!