2009/3/9 Alice Wei <ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > I have a question regarding using line breaks in PHP. I have the code > something like: > > echo "1" . "\t " . $x . "\t" . $y . "\r\n"; > > When I run the code, it looks like a whole blob of text, but when I use > "View Source", the line breaks are formatted then correctly. > Anyone can please tell me if this is what this is supposed to be? > If so, how can I get the user to see the line break as they are, do I have > to use <br>? This has nothing to do with PHP. HTML does not show carriage returns or repeated white-space. If you want carriage returns or tabs you need to use appropriate tags and/or CSS. -Stuart -- http://stut.net/