Re: Beginner's attempt fails

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > Everyone, thanks for your help. Yes, I understand now. When I > "View Page Source" in Netscape the newlines are there. > > So, I'm not totally clear on the usefulness of '\n' anyway, in > PHP, unless it's in a PRE block. Presumbly in this case the > result would be the same (with <br/>) with or without the '\n'. > > --Mike It can be very useful for displaying your source neatly, particularly when you need to refer to the source to track down a problem with, say, table layout that is produced from PHP output. As you have seen already, checking the source as well as the display can give you an idea of what's going on/wrong. -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA