CR/LFs eaten by PHP !?

[Serge Wautier]

Env.: PHP 4.4.0 / IIS 5.1 / XP Pro

Hi All,

I'm writing a PHP page which contains plain text.
Oddly enough, it there is a CRLF right after a php tag, this CRLF is eaten
and doesn't appear on the client side.

e.g.:
<?php header('Content-type: text/plain') ?>
a:<?php whatever(); ?>
b:123
c:456

This script appear at the client as:
a:whateverb:123
c:456

instead of :

a:whatever
b:123
c:456

I noticed that adding a 2nd CRLF is a workaround since one CRLF then appears
at the client side. Adding any character (such as a space) between the php
tag and the crlf also preserves the CRLF.
However, I'd like to understand what happens. Is there a way to tell PHP to
preserve my CRLFs ?

TIA,

Serge
serge at wautier dot net
http://www.apptranslator.com

[Oli Filth]

Serge Wautier wrote:

Env.: PHP 4.4.0 / IIS 5.1 / XP Pro

Hi All,

I'm writing a PHP page which contains plain text.
Oddly enough, it there is a CRLF right after a php tag, this CRLF is eaten
and doesn't appear on the client side.

e.g.:
<?php header('Content-type: text/plain') ?>
a:<?php whatever(); ?>
b:123
c:456

This script appear at the client as:
a:whateverb:123
c:456

instead of :

a:whatever
b:123
c:456

I noticed that adding a 2nd CRLF is a workaround since one CRLF then appears
at the client side. Adding any character (such as a space) between the php
tag and the crlf also preserves the CRLF.
However, I'd like to understand what happens. Is there a way to tell PHP to
preserve my CRLFs ?

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[Serge Wautier]

Great ! thanks !

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