Cheers Lars. So, for example, if I wanted to display some plain text tabbed I'd use:
echo "<pre>string1\tstring2\tstring3</pre>"; There's just one problem though - it formats the text differently to the rest of the page (I'm using CSS to control this). Any thoughts...? -- ----------------------------- Michael Mason Arras People www.arraspeople.co.uk ----------------------------- "Lars Torben Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Harlequin wrote: > > > I know I'm probably going to get flamed for this but it is only a > > development site but I am having some trouble getting the syntax right for > > using the tab when echoing information. My current command is: > > > > print_r("Host: $host<br>User: $user<br>Password: $password"); > > > > I've tried: > > > > print_r("Host: \t$host<br>User: $user<br>Password: $password"); > > > > and god knows what else with the brackets etc. > > > > Any ideas...? > > It's expected behaviour, when outputting to a web browser. Browsers fold > multiple whitespaces together. The two examples above should display > identically. Try wrapping the above outputs in <pre> tags, though, to see > the difference: > > <?php > $host = 'localhost'; > $user = 'torben'; > $password = 'none'; > > echo "<b>The next two examples should display identically</b><br>"; > echo "Host: $host<br>User: $user<br>Password: $password<br>"; > echo "Host: \t$host<br>User: $user<br>Password: $password<br><br>"; > > echo "Host: > > $host<br>User: $user<br>Password: $password<br>"; > echo "Host: \t$host<br>User:\n\n\t\n$user<br>Password: $password<br>"; > > > echo "<hr><b>The next two examples should display differently</b><br>"; > echo "<pre>Host: $host<br>User: $user<br>Password: $password<br></pre>"; > echo "<pre>Host: \t$host<br>User: $user<br>Password: $password<br></pre>"; > > echo "<pre>Host: > > $host<br>User: $user<br>Password: $password<br></pre>"; > echo "<pre>Host: \t$host<br>User:\n\n\t\n$user<br>Password: $password<br></pre>"; > > ?> > > > Hope this helps, > > Torben -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
