It IS following your \n, but HTML doesn't know what a newline is. Do a vbiew source and you'll see that it's got line breaks. You need to use <BR> or <P> tags so that *HTML* knows what you want from it. As for property_type, print_r($row) in the while statement to see what's coming out of the db. --- Addison Ellis <addison@bellsouth.net> wrote: > hi, > i still am having a problem. > can you see what is wrong with what i've got. and... thank > you. best regards, addison ellis > > this is what is printing: > 2Bedroom/2Bath great From Campus Available imm 500.00 Contact: > 321-1791 > > it is not printing the property_type and it is not following my \n > commands. > here's the code: > <? > // Begin Ad Block > $count = 0; > $id = 50; > $obj = mysql_db_query($dbname,"select a.*,s.name as > subcategory_name,c.name as category_name from ads a,subcategory > s,category c where a.subcategory=s.id and s.category=c.id and > a.subcategory=$id and a.que='checked'"); > if ($obj && mysql_num_rows($obj)>0) { > while($row = mysql_fetch_object($obj)) > { > $count++; > ?> > <? echo > "{$row->bedrooms}Bedroom/{$row->baths}Bath{$row->property_type}\n > {$row->description}\n > {$row->distance} From Campus > Available {$row->date_available}\n > {$row->price}\n > Contact: {$row->contact}"; > ?> > </font><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, > Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /> > <br> > <img src="../images/thin_line.gif" width="185" > height="1"><br> > <br> > <? > } > } > // End Ad Block > ?> > > thanks again... > -- > Addison Ellis > small independent publishing co. > 114 B 29th Avenue North > Nashville, TN 37203 > (615) 321-1791 > addison@bellsouth.net > info@smipco.com > subsidiaries of small independent publishing co. > info@gloabaldog.com > info@momandpocentral.com ===== Mark Weinstock mark_weinstock@yahoo.com *************************************** You can't demand something as a "right" unless you are willing to fight to death to defend everyone else's right to the same thing. -Stolen from the now-defunct Randy's Random mailing list. *************************************** __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php