I am unable to print the letter 'A' using star pattern in PHP

Question

I am trying to print the letter 'A' using star pattern but somewhere I am getting wrong. The code is as follow-

<?php
 for ($row=0; $row<=7; $row++)
{
  for ($column=0; $column<=7; $column++)
    {
        if ((($column == 1 or $column == 5) and $row != 0) or (($row == 0 or $row == 3) and ($column > 1 and $column < 5)))
            echo "*";    
        else  
            echo " ";     
    }        
  echo "<br>";
}

?>

The letter A does not appear in proper format.

Are you viewing it in a browser? It is correct to me. Replace the space with ` ` if viewing in a browser. Multiple single spaces are joined in browsers. Your current code, https://eval.in/841189. — chris85, Aug 03 '17 at 14:49
... or output it in a `pre` element. There is nothing wrong with the code per se; but your knowledge of HTML basics such as how whitespace is handled seems to need improving ... — CBroe, Aug 03 '17 at 14:50
the other option is to echo your letter inside a `
` tag to keep all the spaces and replace `
` with `\n` — ᴄʀᴏᴢᴇᴛ, Aug 03 '17 at 14:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 03 '17 at 14:51

You shouldn't use spaces. CHoose another character or use  , which is an unbreakable space.

Web browsers remove consecutive spaces so that there is only one space between two non-spaces characters. That's why your display looks broken.

Unbreakable spaces will be printed no matter what.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '17 at 14:51

0

Just add in your else block echo "  ";

answered Aug 03 '17 at 14:51

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I am unable to print the letter 'A' using star pattern in PHP

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