Re: Cannot output the same data from text file in PHP

Moses wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I have a written a script in PHP which outputs the result from a text file. > The PHP script is as follows: > > <?php > $alldata = file("result.txt"); > echo "<table><tr><td>"; > foreach($alldata as $line_num => $line) { > echo $line."<br>"; > } > echo"</td></tr></table>"; > ?> > > I have attached the result.txt file. However the output of the script is as > follows: > > > Query: 1 atggcaatcgtttcagcagaaaaattcgtaattcgagctcgcccggggatcgatcctcta 60 > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Sbjct: 1 atggcaatcgtttcagcagaaaaattcgtaattcgagctcgcccggggatcgatcctcta 60 > > which is not exactly as in the result.txt file in that the pipelines > are displaced. > > Any pointer to this problem shall be appreciated. Thanking you in advance. > > Moses > Not a PHP problem, but a HTML problem: First, HTML compresses white space into just one space, so all of those leading spaces on line 2 are lost. Second, you are (probably) displaying using a proportionally-spaced font, so the narrow pipeline characters take up less width than the letters. So you need something like: <?php $alldata = file("result.txt"); echo "<table><tr><td style='white-space: pre; font-family: monospace;'>"; foreach($alldata as $line_num => $line) { echo $line."\n"; } echo"</td></tr></table>"; ?> -- Peter Ford phone: 01580 893333 Developer fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd., Staplehurst, Kent