Re: \n being output as a space

That's because \n _is_ a space character in html. If you want a newline, you'll need to use <BR> -Gfunk "I sense much beer in you. Beer leads to intoxication, intoxication to hangovers, and hangovers to. . . suffering." visit me at: http://www.gfunk007.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Dunford" <patrick.dunford@clear.net.nz> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 11:58 AM Subject: [PHP] \n being output as a space > I am having a problem with the following code: > > echo "\nUploaded $upload_name to ftp.godzone.net.nz as > $newfilename"; > > The output does not appear on a newline, instead there is a space between > this line and the previous line, all output on the same line. In other words > it looks like the \n was rendered as a space character. > > User agent is IE5.01, Windows 95. > > Here is the phpinfo() output. > > PHP Version 4.0.3pl1 > > System Linux agree-2 2.2.16-3 #1 Mon Jun 19 18:10:14 EDT 2000 i686 unknown > Build Date Dec 2 2000 > Configure Command './configure' '--without-gd' > '--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs' '--enable-ftp' > '--with-mysql=shared' '--with-pgsql=shared' > Server API Apache > Virtual Directory Support disabled > Configuration File (php.ini) Path /usr/local/lib > ZEND_DEBUG disabled > Thread Safety disabled > > This program makes use of the Zend scripting language engine: > Zend Engine v1.0.3, Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Zend Technologies > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---- > > PHP 4.0 Credits > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---- > > Configuration > PHP Core > Directive Local Value Master Value > allow_call_time_pass_reference > On On > arg_separator > & & > asp_tags > On On > auto_append_file > no value no value > auto_prepend_file > no value no value > browscap > no value no value > default_charset > no value no value > default_mimetype > text/html text/html > define_syslog_variables > Off Off > disable_functions > no value no value > display_errors > On On > display_startup_errors > Off Off > doc_root > no value no value > enable_dl > On On > error_append_string > Off Off > error_log > no value no value > error_prepend_string > Off Off > error_reporting > no value no value > expose_php > On On > extension_dir > /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20000809 > /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20000809 > file_uploads > 1 1 > gpc_order > GPC GPC > highlight.bg > #FFFFFF #FFFFFF > highlight.comment > #FF8000 #FF8000 > highlight.default > #0000BB #0000BB > highlight.html > #000000 #000000 > highlight.keyword > #007700 #007700 > highlight.string > #DD0000 #DD0000 > html_errors > On On > ignore_user_abort > Off Off > implicit_flush > Off Off > include_path > .:/usr/local/lib/php .:/usr/local/lib/php > log_errors > Off Off > magic_quotes_gpc > On On > magic_quotes_runtime > Off Off > magic_quotes_sybase > Off Off > max_execution_time > 30 30 > open_basedir > no value no value > output_buffering > Off Off > post_max_size > 8M 8M > precision > 14 14 > register_argc_argv > On On > register_globals > On On > safe_mode > Off Off > safe_mode_exec_dir > 1 1 > sendmail_from > no value no value > sendmail_path > /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i > short_open_tag > On On > SMTP > localhost localhost > sql.safe_mode > Off Off > track_errors > Off Off > upload_max_filesize > 2M 2M > upload_tmp_dir > no value no value > user_dir > no value no value > variables_order > no value no value > y2k_compliance > Off Off > > > xml > XML Support active > > > standard > Regex Library Bundled library enabled > Dynamic Library Support enabled > Path to sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i > > Directive Local Value Master Value > assert.active > 1 1 > assert.bail > 0 0 > assert.callback > no value no value > assert.quiet_eval > 0 0 > assert.warning > 1 1 > safe_mode_allowed_env_vars > PHP_ PHP_ > safe_mode_protected_env_vars > LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH > session.use_trans_sid > 1 1 > > > session > Session Support enabled > > Directive Local Value Master Value > session.auto_start > Off Off > session.cache_expire > 180 180 > session.cache_limiter > nocache nocache > session.cookie_domain > no value no value > session.cookie_lifetime > 0 0 > session.cookie_path > / / > session.entropy_file > no value no value > session.entropy_length > 0 0 > session.gc_maxlifetime > 1440 1440 > session.gc_probability > 1 1 > session.name > PHPSESSID PHPSESSID > session.referer_check > no value no value > session.save_handler > files files > session.save_path > /tmp /tmp > session.serialize_handler > php php > session.use_cookies > On On > > > posix > Revision $Revision: 1.26 $ > > > pcre > PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) Support enabled > PCRE Library Version 3.1 09-Feb-2000 > > > ftp > FTP support enabled > > > apache > APACHE_INCLUDE > APACHE_TARGET > Apache Version Apache/1.3.12 > Apache Release 10312100 > Apache API Version 19990320 > Hostname:Port www.pdunford.godzone.net.nz:80 > User/Group nobody(99)/99 > Max Requests Per Child: 30 > Keep Alive: on > Max Per Connection: 100 > Timeouts Connection: 300 > Keep-Alive: 15 > Server Root /usr/local/apache > Loaded Modules mod_php4, mod_perl, mod_ssl, mod_usertrack, mod_unique_id, > mod_so, mod_status, mod_setenvif, mod_rewrite, mod_proxy, mod_negotiation, > mod_minivend, mod_mime_magic, mod_mime, mod_log_config, mod_info, > mod_include, mod_imap, mod_headers, mod_expires, mod_env, mod_dir, mod_cgi, > mod_autoindex, mod_auth, mod_alias, mod_actions, mod_access, http_core > > > Apache Environment > Variable Value > BrowserHasFrames 1 > BrowserHasJava 1 > BrowserHasJScript 1 > BrowserHasTables 1 > DOCUMENT_ROOT /home/pdunford > HTTP_ACCEPT application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, > application/x-comet, image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, > application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, */* > HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING gzip, deflate > HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE en-nz > HTTP_HOST w3.pdunford.godzone.net.nz > HTTP_USER_AGENT Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 95; ICONZ) > PATH /usr/local/apache/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin > REMOTE_ADDR 210.55.230.180 > REMOTE_PORT 12638 > SCRIPT_FILENAME /home/pdunford/_site/_scripts/phpinfo.php > SERVER_ADDR 203.167.237.2 > SERVER_ADMIN WebMaster@pdunford.godzone.net.nz > SERVER_NAME www.pdunford.godzone.net.nz > SERVER_PORT 80 > SERVER_SIGNATURE Apache/1.3.12 Server at www.pdunford.godzone.net.nz Port 80 > SERVER_SOFTWARE Apache/1.3.12 (Unix) PHP/4.0.3pl1 mod_perl/1.24 > mod_ssl/2.6.6 OpenSSL/0.9.5a > UNIQUE_ID Oirqycun7QIAAD-QMWs > GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1 > SERVER_PROTOCOL HTTP/1.0 > REQUEST_METHOD GET > QUERY_STRING > REQUEST_URI /_site/_scripts/phpinfo.php > SCRIPT_NAME /_site/_scripts/phpinfo.php > > > HTTP Headers Information > HTTP Request Headers > HTTP Request GET /_site/_scripts/phpinfo.php HTTP/1.0 > Accept application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, application/x-comet, > image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, > application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, */* > Accept-Encoding gzip, deflate > Accept-Language en-nz > Host w3.pdunford.godzone.net.nz > User-Agent Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 95; ICONZ) > HTTP Response Headers > Cache-Control max-age=900 > Expires Mon, 04 Dec 2000 01:07:25 GMT > X-Powered-By PHP/4.0.3pl1 > Connection close > Content-Type text/html > > > Additional Modules > > > Environment > Variable Value > LOGNAME root > MAILTO root > TERM dumb > HOSTTYPE i386 > PATH /usr/local/apache/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin > HOME / > SHELL /bin/bash > OSTYPE Linux > SHLVL 7 > _ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd > > > PHP Variables > Variable Value > PHP_SELF /_site/_scripts/phpinfo.php > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["BrowserHasFrames"] 1 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["BrowserHasJava"] 1 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["BrowserHasJScript"] 1 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["BrowserHasTables"] 1 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] /home/pdunford > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_ACCEPT"] application/vnd.ms-excel, > application/msword, application/x-comet, image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, > image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, */* > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING"] gzip, deflate > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"] en-nz > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_HOST"] w3.pdunford.godzone.net.nz > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; > Windows 95; ICONZ) > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["PATH"] > /usr/local/apache/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_ADDR"] 210.55.230.180 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_PORT"] 12638 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] > /home/pdunford/_site/_scripts/phpinfo.php > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["SERVER_ADDR"] 203.167.237.2 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["SERVER_ADMIN"] WebMaster@pdunford.godzone.net.nz > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["SERVER_NAME"] www.pdunford.godzone.net.nz > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["SERVER_PORT"] 80 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["SERVER_SIGNATURE"] Apache/1.3.12 Server at > www.pdunford.godzone.net.nz Port 80 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["SERVER_SOFTWARE"] Apache/1.3.12 (Unix) PHP/4.0.3pl1 > mod_perl/1.24 mod_ssl/2.6.6 OpenSSL/0.9.5a > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["UNIQUE_ID"] Oirqycun7QIAAD-QMWs > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["GATEWAY_INTERFACE"] CGI/1.1 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["SERVER_PROTOCOL"] HTTP/1.0 > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REQUEST_METHOD"] GET > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["QUERY_STRING"] > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REQUEST_URI"] /_site/_scripts/phpinfo.php > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["SCRIPT_NAME"] /_site/_scripts/phpinfo.php > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["PATH_TRANSLATED"] > /home/pdunford/_site/_scripts/phpinfo.php > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["PHP_SELF"] /_site/_scripts/phpinfo.php > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["argv"] Array > ( > ) > > > HTTP_SERVER_VARS["argc"] 0 > HTTP_ENV_VARS["LOGNAME"] root > HTTP_ENV_VARS["MAILTO"] root > HTTP_ENV_VARS["TERM"] dumb > HTTP_ENV_VARS["HOSTTYPE"] i386 > HTTP_ENV_VARS["PATH"] > /usr/local/apache/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin > HTTP_ENV_VARS["HOME"] / > HTTP_ENV_VARS["SHELL"] /bin/bash > HTTP_ENV_VARS["OSTYPE"] Linux > HTTP_ENV_VARS["SHLVL"] 7 > HTTP_ENV_VARS["_"] /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd > > > PHP License > This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > under the terms of the PHP License as published by the PHP Group and > included in the distribution in the file: LICENSE > > This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT > ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or > FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license, or have any questions > about PHP licensing, please contact license@php.net. > > 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