[plug] Line break in HTML code

Sun Aug 18 16:30:15 WST 2002

Hi Michael,

Here is some code that may help you.  The following is a complete "program" 
that you can run on your web server.

start of code sample...
<?php

# This small program shows two ways to output html in php.

echo "<html>\n\n";
echo "<head>\n";
echo "  <title>A Sample Page</title>\n";
echo "</head>\n\n";
echo "<body bgcolor=\"white\">\n\n";

echo "<h2><font color=\"blue\">A Sample Page for Michael</font></h2>\n\n";

echo "<p>Hi Michael,</p>\n\n";

echo "<p>I thought I was the only one in the world who cared about what the 
resulting html output looked like!  It appears that I am mistaken.  In any 
case I hope that this sample code will help you to see how to make your code 
look cleaner. Incidentally, the php web site <a 
href=\"http://www.php.net\">php web site</a> is absolutely 
fantastic!</p>\n\n";

# the following is a demonstration of what's called a 'here' document:
echo <<<EOQ
<p>I really like php.  I haven't done a lot of programming and I am just 
starting to get back in the swing of
things.  It is amazing how much you can get done in a short time. The online 
documentation is absolutly the best I have ever used.</p>

<p>Regards,</p>

<p>Lyndon   :-)</p>\n\n
EOQ;

/*      okay, now back to the original way...
        this time all one one line
*/

echo "</body>\n\n</html>\n";

?>
end of code sample.

I have included how to use the here document format.  You can get more info 
on this on the php web site by searching for the echo command.

You will notice that I used \n\n to add an extra blank line.  If you run the 
above code and look at the output I think you will agree that it is pretty 
neat.

Notice that \n is still valid in a here document.  You should also note that 
I have escaped occurances of the double quote within a string by using a 
backslash.

Hope all this helps.

Lyndon