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[BettyJo50]

I am just learning PHP. I have not come across anything that explains what "\n" is or what it does. Can someone please explain this to me?

Thanks!!

 

[drgenius]

It's a newline character.

<?php
echo &quot;Line 1\nLine 2&quot;;
?>

will show up as:

Line 1
Line 2

in your html source

(instead of &quot;Line1Line2&quot; when omitting the \n)
It's not a lie if YOU believe it ;-)

 

[phpPete]

You definately want to use &quot;\n&quot; when you're having PHP print/echo anything for you. That way when you &quot;view source&quot; in your browser you'll see nice rows of html/text, rather than one long line of indeciferable kaka.