On Thursday 25 July 2002 12:11, Wormy . wrote:
> Dear all,
>      this sounds like a silly problem but i really dunno how to fix it!
>
>      In the php manual on php.net said we can use an embedded newline just
> by writing the string on different line by pressing "enter" key. This
> doesn't work for me. Another thing is \n also work. For example:
>
> <?php
>   echo ' You can also have embedded newlines in strings,
>   like this way.';
>   echo 'I am trying to include at this point: \n a newline';
> ?>
>
> the output i get is:
> "You can also have embedded newlines in strings, like this way.I am trying
> to include at this point: \n a newline"
>
>     Am I doing anything wrong? Thanks!

Stuff like \n are only interpreted if they are enclosed in double-quotes:

"This works\n"
'This does not work\n'

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