[RESOLVED] preserve nice html formatting.

atmorell

Hello.

One of my php scripts creates a html table. When I look at the source code in my browser all the table html code is on one line. How do I preserve nice html formatting? (tabs, and new lines) I am using single quotes.

Best regards.
Asbjørn Morell.

thorpe

An example.

echo "<table>";
echo "    <p>this is a paragraph within a table</p>";
echo "</table>";

atmorell

I am using single qoutes to put html in variables - used for my classes. Like this:

$table.='
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>something</td>
</tr>
</table>
';
echo $table;

Any ideas? The above will printed on one line, if I choose view source from my browser.

Best regards.
Asbjørn Morell.

Stelf

Try

$table .= "\n<table border=\"1\">\n <tr>\n <td>something</td>\n </tr>\n</table>";

echo $table

thorpe

You'll need to use double quotes.

$table.="
<table border=\"1\">\n
  <tr>\n
  <td>something</td>\n
  </tr>\n
</table>\n
";
echo $table;

atmorell

but I hate double quotes.. 🙁 It takes forever to escape everything!

madwormer2

Well, you could do it like this instead:

$table.='
<table border="1">'."\n".'
<tr>'."\n".'
<td>something</td>'."\n".'
</tr>'."\n".'
</table>'."\n".'
';
echo $table;

cgraz

Here's how I do it sometimes:

<?php

define ('NEWLINE', "\n");
define ('NEWLINEx2', "\n\n");
define ('TAB', "\t");
define ('TABx2', "\t\t");
define ('TABx3', "\t\t\r");


$table .= '<table border="1">' . NEWLINE;
$table .= TAB . '<tr>' . NEWLINE;
$table .= TABx2 . '<td>something</td>' . NEWLINE;
$table .= TAB . '</tr>' . NEWLINE;
$table .= '</table>' . NEWLINE;

?>

Maintains nice code highlighting. 😉

atmorell

thanx a lot. 🙂

cgraz

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