Hi, What the "\n" does is to throw a newline in your source code. So when the page is displayed look at the source that has been generated you will see the blank line. This can be useful to make the HTML source readable. However to get a new line displayed in the browser your need to use a <br> tag, or equivalent such as a <p> pair. graeme. michael@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >Hi > > I'm new in php, I find the "\n" dosen't work in my machine > ><HTML> ><HEAD> ><TITLE> ><?php >echo "Hello World!"; >?> ></TITLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY> ><H1> >First PHP page ></H1> ><?php >echo "Hello World!"; >echo "\n"; >echo "Hello World!"; >?> > > ></BODY> ></HTML> > > >The result is >First PHP page >Hello World! Hello World! > >any suggestion?? > > >