[RESOLVED] \n Not Recognised

purinkle

I am using the following code:

$hamburger = 4.95;
$milkshake = 1.95;
$cola = .85;
$food = 2 * $hamburger + $milkshake + $cola;
$tax = $food * .075;
$tip = $food * .16;
$total = $food + $tax + $tip;
printf ("%1d %9s at \$%.2f each: \$%.2f\n", 2, 'Hamburger', $hamburger, 2 * $hamburger);
printf ("%1d %9s at \$%.2f each: \$%.2f\n", 1, 'Milkshake', $milkshake, $milkshake);
printf ("%1d %9s at \$%.2f each: \$%.2f\n", 1, 'Cola', $cola, $cola);

but when the code is output the \n command is not recognised and the information all comes out on one line

Any ideas?

Houdini

PHP recognizes it but Windows don't make your code this and it will work fine.

printf ("%1d %9s at \$%.2f each: \$%.2f\n<br />", 2, 'Hamburger', $hamburger, 2 * $hamburger);
printf ("%1d %9s at \$%.2f each: \$%.2f\n<br />", 1, 'Milkshake', $milkshake, $milkshake);
printf ("%1d %9s at \$%.2f each: \$%.2f\n<br />", 1, 'Cola', $cola, $cola);

laserlight

It isnt so much the operating system as the web browser rendering. If you view source, you will find that your newlines really are there.

pyro3k

try also \n\r

purinkle

Okay...

I tried inserting the <br /> tag but that seems a bit half-hearted as surely when the \n command does work then there will be two line breaks

Checked the source code and new lines were being added but no html tag was being added so checked for browser compatability but I am having the same problem in Firefox and IE

Have also tried \n\r and \r\n but neither of these seem to work

bpat1434

[man]nl2br[/man]..... switches all "\n" or "\r\n" to <br> tags.....

I tried inserting the <br /> tag but that seems a bit half-hearted as surely when the \n command does work then there will be two line breaks

Browsers HTML parser doesn't read the \n when outputting, it only reads HTML... however when formatting source, it does read the \n and use it. So \n<br> doesn't "doubly" add a line-break, just adds a line break in the output (through the browser) and to the source.

purinkle

Thanks for helping

I think that resolves the problem