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PHP

Posted by Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

Splitting two strings on two lines

Hello,

I am new to PHP and am learning it for a school project. I was wondering, how do I go about splitting two strings onto two lines?

I have tried echoing both strings but, they just merge together on the webpage.

Is it possible to split one onto the line below?

E.G:

$string1 = "Hello, I am a string";
$string2 = "How are you today?";

echo $string1, $string2;

// Returns ==> Hello, I am a stringHow are you today?

// But can you make it return this:

// Hello, I am a string
// How are you today?

// (Split onto two lines).

Thanks in advance!

1 Answer

Jeremy Hayden
Jeremy Hayden
1,740 Points

You can add \r\n to the end of your first line. or <br> works too.

or change your echo statement to:

echo $string1 . "<br>" . $string2;
Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

Thanks! I couldn't quite get the first one to work but the change for the echo statement worked perfectly!

Appreciate the help!