<new line> matching problem

Hi

I have a function getHtml($head, $tail, $page) which takes from an HTML page everything that is surrounded by $head and $tail

however i have some situations where in $head i have to put up multy lines

for example if the HTML looks like this

<b>here is the link</b>
             
             <span class=big>http//www.link.com</span>
<b>here is the image</b>
             
             <span class=big>http://www.link.com/image.jpg</span>

HTML:

in the code above, if i want to take only image, i have to put in my $head the exact same thing as it appears on the HTML above, like this

<b>here is the image</b>
             
             <span class=big>

HTML:

Including the NEW LINES and all the spaces and/or tabs


so .. now .. how can i assign the above thing to my $head variable ?

if i write something like

$head = "<b>here is the image</b>\n            \n          <span class=big>" 

Code (markup):

this simply doesn't work

anybody knows a way of writing this kind of a thing ? how do i assign the above 3 lines to my variable keeping their structure ?

Thanks!

 

if i'm following you correctly you just want to add a tab in there? if that's the case..

echo "<pre>";
echo "line one\n\tline two";
echo "</pre>";

PHP:

 

i'm not echo-ing .. i'm trying to assign those lines (including <new line>) to a variable

 

why not:

$head = "<b>here is the image</b>
             
             <span class=big>";

Code (markup):

 

Just assign a variable instead of echoing it, in ansi's code. The \n character stands for a new line, and the \t for a vertical tab.

$foo = "line one\n\tline two";

PHP:

Btw, to actually SEE the new line in the browser, you have to use the <br /> tag.

$foo = "line one<br />\n\tline two";

PHP: