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Andrew
Andrew

Reputation: 1818

PHP Line Break not working

I am learning php and am making a statement that proves the local variable cannot be called outside a function where it is defined.

I can't seem to get a line break come out in the statement but only a line space.

<html>
<head>
<title>Testing Global and Local Variables</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php 

//Global varaible called after function
$g_test_string="this is the value in the variable outside the function at a global level!";

function printstring()
{
$l_test_string="this is the value of the variable inside the function at a local level!";
print($l_test_string);
}

//Calling statements

printstring();
echo "\r";
echo 'Global variable value: ' . $g_test_string;
echo 'Local variable value: ' . $l_test_string;

?>

</body>
</html>

The print out looks like this:

this is the value of the variable inside the function at a local level! Global variable value: this is the value in the variable outside the function at a global level! Local variable value:

I tried a break between the function call and echo for global variable but only produces a line space not a break.

Got to be something simple I imagine.

Many thanks

Andrew

Upvotes: 2

Views: 9839

Answers (4)

Hassan Farooq
Hassan Farooq

Reputation: 122

A workaround if you are trying to print "\n" on your localhost, try adding following in your script on the top.

header('Content-type: text/plain');

Not an ideal solution but works.

Upvotes: 0

AHMAD MUGHAL
AHMAD MUGHAL

Reputation: 1

How break the line on display data one by one line on while loop and forward to dropdown id

$que="select * from parties  WHERE Item_code='".$_GET['q']."'";

$run=mysql_query($que);

while($row=mysql_fetch_array($run)){    
  if($row['party_name'] == "")
  {
    echo "";
  }

  else
  {
    if($_GET['type'] == "di")    
    {
      echo $row['Id'];      
    }    
    elseif($_GET['type'] == "did")
    {    
      echo  $row['party_name'];     
    }//END IF DI OR DID    
  }//END IF PARTY NAME BLANK    
}//END WHILE

Upvotes: 0

TecBrat
TecBrat

Reputation: 3729

If you want to be sure your line break is cross platform compatible, use PHP_EOL I usually use "\n". If you want the linebreak to appear in HTML, use "<br>".

Edit in response to comments: Here's how you pull as much PHP out of the HTML as possible.

<?php 

//Global varaible called after function
$g_test_string="this is the value in the variable outside the function at a global level!";
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Testing Global and Local Variables</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
//Calling statements

printstring();
echo "<br>\n";
echo 'Global variable value: ' . $g_test_string."<br>\n";

echo 'Local variable value: ' . $l_test_string."<br>\n";
?>    
</body>
</html>

<?php
  function printstring()
  {
    $l_test_string="this is the value of the variable inside the function at a local level!";
    print($l_test_string);
  }

Upvotes: 2

user4379653
user4379653

Reputation:

Where you want a line break in PHP use either <br /> or \n

I used breaklines for your demo: http://www.forumalliance.net/so.php

<html>
<head>
<title>Testing Global and Local Variables</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php 

//Global varaible called after function
$g_test_string="this is the value in the variable outside the function at a global level!<br />";

function printstring()
{
$l_test_string="this is the value of the variable inside the function at a local level!<br />";
print($l_test_string);
}

//Calling statements

printstring();
echo "\r";
echo '<br />Global variable value: ' . $g_test_string;
echo '<br />Local variable value: ' . $l_test_string;

?>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 1

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