Silly Question: Adding a line break in a string

[JeC]

I want something like

$var1 = $var2."LINEBREAK more text after";

I know the line break in HTML is BR, but I want that line break that shows up in text areas as if you hit ENTER.

Thanks

[abc123]

\r

[JeC]

Originally posted by abc123
\r

You know, I use that with my HTML so much that its no funny.

Thats why I thought it to be a silly question

Thanks! :rock:

[sde]

i always use: \n

i guess one is a 'line feed' and the other is a 'carrage return'

dont' know the exact difference, but i guess they both work.

[joe_bruin]

\n = linefeed
\r = carriage return

text on unix uses \n as the newline separator.
macs use \r
dos/windows uses \r\n (see visual basic's vbCrLf)

it doesn't really matter which one you use (since html ignores them), although traditionally "\n" is used (http uses \n). most text editors are smart enough nowadays to figure out what to do with non-system newline characters, although sometimes you'll come across a dumb one that doesn't, and then you'll see weird boxes or other characters where newlines should be (ex: old versions of notepad).