:On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 16:02, Chris Stinemetz <chrisstinemetz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Are you sure its not preserved? When you output text in a browser, by default its output as html, not plain text. Html ignores extraneous whitespace, and doesn't use a monospaced font, so formatting text into columns in a textarea won't work either. Look at the html source code to see what is actually being output. > > Thanks Ashley > > Source is showing indentation and new paragaraphs just as I inserted > the text. How can I get HTML output to show same format? Use HTML 'pre' tags: <pre><?php echo $your_content; ?></pre> -- </Daniel P. Brown> Dedicated Servers, Cloud and Cloud Hybrid Solutions, VPS, Hosting (866-) 725-4321 http://www.parasane.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php