New Line Character

[narayanan]

I am using php version 4.2.3 in Windows 2000, IIS

The following code does not work

<?php
echo "Hello World \n \n if you want to serve XHTML or XML documents, do like this \n.";
?>

The above code gives the output in a single line only. It is suppose to split into 2 lines.

[MrAlaska]

The code you posted should display this in the source or in a file.:

Hello World 

if you want to serve XHTML or XML documents, do like this 

If you want it to display like that in the browser output, use HTML

echo "Hello World <p />if you want to serve XHTML or XML documents, do like this. <br />";

[narayanan]

Yes thanks, I understood.

We normally use <p> & </p> tags in HTML know.

what is the difference here <p/> & <p>

Sice <p> also works and <p/> also works.

[the_Igel]

Difference is that "<p />" is x(ht)ml-styled "<p></p>".