Beginner write \n,\r,\t,\b..

[Pistocel]

I have my php generating html cod, and I want to be 'nice' when you are looking at the html page -> "view page source ". When I concatenate the \n,\r it just puts the characters like it is a part of the page.

I have tried to eliminate this, with ob_start (), but it didn't work.

Haw I can do this ?

Thanks, cheers!

[hexburner]

You can output special characters using double quotes around the string.

echo "\t<div id=\"container\">\n",
"\t\tThis is the content of the container.\n",
"\t</div>"; 

Or

<?php
    $result = mysql_query('Select id, Name from Users order by Name ASC');
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
?>
    <div class="User">
        <a href="viewProfile/<?php echo $row['id']; ?>"><?php echo $row['Name']; ?></a>
    </div>
<?
    }
?>

[Pistocel]

Thanks!!

It works!; I didn't new that the \n,\t... had to be interpreted by the php. when I changed the ' to " it worked just fine.

Thanks allot !!

[Christopher Hill]

The key is to use double quote, and not single quotes. The following will output very different results:

echo '\t<h1>Heading</h1>';

echo "\t<h1>Heading</h1>"; 

[Pistocel]

Hi Christopher, I have tested also the out put off your code, and now I understand, Thanks for the reply!