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>";
?>


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