what does "\n" means in php??

lohmk · May 3, 2004

i have come across "\n" in code examples but they don't provide an explaination for it.

may i know what does it mean?

and same goes for "\t".
kinda puzzled with them.

thanks

matt_4013 · May 3, 2004

\n is the newline character, \t is the tab character. It's usually use for formatting html. eg,

echo "<html>\n<head>\n</head>\n<body>\n\t<div>\n\t</div>\n</body>\n</html>";

will look like:

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
	<div>
	</div>
</body>
</html>

When viewing source

lohmk · May 3, 2004

got it nice and clear

thanks

Weedpacket · May 3, 2004

For future reference, the relevant page in the manual is the one on Strings.