linebreaks question

[codemonk]

I'm new to PHP and am trying some samples from a tutorial. In particular, the following:

<?php

$price = 3.95;

$tax_rate = 0.08;

$tax_amount = $price * $tax_rate;

$total_cost = $price + $tax_amount;

$username = 'james';

$domain = '@example.com';

$email_address = $username . $domain;

print 'The tax is ' . $tax_amount;

print "\n"; // this prints a linebreak

print 'The total cost is ' .$total_cost;

print "\n"; // this prints a linebreak

print $email_address;

?>

Previewing this file in my browser prints everything on one line, but when I view the source page, it shows the linebreaks working properly. I'm a bit confused as to why it doesn't format properly in the browser.

[Installer]

The browser displays html, which uses hypertext tags, like "<br />" to indicate new lines, etc. Text line breaks, like "\n", are ignored as uninterpreted white space.

[codemonk]

Originally posted by Installer
The browser displays html, which uses hypertext tags, like "<br />" to indicate new lines, etc. Text line breaks, like "\n", are ignored as uninterpreted white space.

Oh, I see. I used print "<br>"; and that worked. Thanks!

[Installer]

🙂