\n not working in php code when using chrome browser

Question

I am using the \n to insert a new line when echoing a string in PHP. But the output does not seem to reflect this. I am using chrome browser to display the output.

Here is my code:

<?php 
echo "Developers, Developers, developers, developers,\n developers,
developers, developers, developers, developers!";
?>

I expect the output to be:

Developers, Developers, developers, developers,
developers, developers, developers, developers, developers!

But it is being displayed in a single line in chrome as:

Developers, Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers!

https://i.stack.imgur.com/q4Ydi.jpg

try `\r\n` to lb? Or, better yet, replace `\n` with `PHP_EOL` — treyBake, May 08 '19 at 11:17
Do you mean in your rendered page or in your source code? `\n` will only work in the page source, not in the rendered HTML output — brombeer, May 08 '19 at 11:19
@kerbholz yes it is working in the page source; but why does it not work in the rendered page? — Steve austin, May 08 '19 at 11:22
Because you use `
` as a new line in HTML output. (If you want to keep that `\n` in your string but have a new line in HTML, take a look at https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php) — brombeer, May 08 '19 at 11:23
@kerbholz
does work, but then what is the use of \n in PHP echo statements; also when using the <<< operator in multiline output statements the indentation are being ignored — Steve austin, May 08 '19 at 11:25
PHP can also be used at the command line, that's where `\n` would work as a newline. Or to nicely format your HTML source code ;) — brombeer, May 08 '19 at 11:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '19 at 11:20

This is because in HTML new-line characters are effectively ignored when rendering output.

To insert a line-break, just replace your new-line characters \n with the HTML equivalent, <br />.

In your code example, this would be:

<?php 
echo "Developers, Developers, developers, developers,<br /> developers,
developers, developers, developers, developers!";
?>

\n not working in php code when using chrome browser

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