Thanks for the pointer. Had not run across that tidbit before. "Stuart Dallas" <stuart@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B43DFD4FA2AC4489AAF538D1BF7A89CC@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php > > -Stuart > > -- > Stuart Dallas > 3ft9 Ltd > http://3ft9.com/ > > On Wednesday, 23 March 2011 at 12:39, Jim Giner wrote: >> Very Interesting - '\n' doesn't work, but "\n" does work. >> "Steve Staples" <sstaples@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:1300883645.5100.973.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx >> > On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 08:28 -0400, Jim Giner wrote: >> > > I am outputting to a <textarea> on an html page. A <br> doesn't work, >> > > nor >> > > does \n, hence the 
. Of course, if I don't need the & then >> > > I've >> > > just saved two keystrokes. :) Also - I do believe I tried ($i+1) and >> > > that >> > > didn't work either. >> > > >> > > "Paul M Foster" <paulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message >> > > news:20110323034621.GO1538@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:50:54PM -0400, Jim Giner wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > Yes - it is J and I. I tried using $i+1 in the echo originally >> > > > > but it >> > > > > wouldn't run. That's why I created $j. >> > > > >> > > > Yes, the substitution creates a syntax error unless surrounded by >> > > > parentheses or the like. >> > > > >> > > > > And just what is wrong with the old cr/lf sequence? How would you >> > > > > have >> > > > > done >> > > > > it? >> > > > >> > > > You're using HTML-encoded entities for 0x0d and 0x0a. You can >> > > > simply >> > > > use 0x0d and 0x0a instead. If you're running this in a web context, >> > > > you >> > > > should use "<br/>" instead of CRLF. At the command line, I'm not >> > > > familiar with running PHP on Windows. In *nix environments, it's >> > > > enough >> > > > to use "\n", just as they do in C. It might even work in Windows; I >> > > > don't know. If not, you should be able to use "\r\n". You can also >> > > > try >> > > > the constant PHP_EOL, which is supposed to handle newlines in a >> > > > cross-platform way. >> > > > >> > > > Paul >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > Paul M. Foster >> > > > http://noferblatz.com >> > > > http://quillandmouse.com >> > >> > Jim >> > >> > with the \n, it does work in a textarea. you must put the \n inside >> > the "", so: >> > >> > $q = 'select * from director_records '; >> > $qrslt = mysql_query($q); >> > $rows = mysql_num_rows($qrslt); >> > for ($i = 0; $i < $rows; $i++) >> > { >> > $row = mysql_fetch_array($qrslt); >> > echo ($i + 1) .'-'. $row['userid']; >> > if ($row['user_priv'] != "") >> > echo ' ('. $row['user_priv'] .')'; >> > echo "\n"; >> > } >> > >> > >> > give that a try >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php