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Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line

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Christoph M. Becker wrote:

> On 05.07.2016 at 21:43, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Christoph M. Becker wrote:
>>> `echo` just prints the arguments it's given.  There's no magic involved.
>> 
>> There is, literally, a little bit of magic involved: “echo” and “print”
>> print their respective arguments as if they had been typecast to string.
>> That is, if you are “echo”ing or “print”ing an object, and that object
>> inherits a “magic” __toString() method, then the return value of that
>> method (typecast to string if necessary), is printed:
> 
> You're right, but I don't consider this to be really special behavior of
> echo/print.  Actually that behavior is the same for all (built-in)
> functions and operators expecting (a) string(s).

It is *certainly* true for *some* of them.

>>>  `echo <br>` will never print a new line.
>> 
>> Well, to begin with, that is _not_ what *they* used.
> 
> Thanks for correcting the typo. :)

Fun fact: If one writes it exactly as you did, it can work if the shell 
triggered by `…` (which would have to be POSIX-non-compliant) supports it.
 
> <http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php> appears to be a good
> starting point for those not yet accustomed using the command line
> interface, which can save a lot of time (for instance, wrt. to quick
> experiments).

ACK.

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echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line Alla <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 03:06 -0700
  Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-07-04 12:14 +0200
  Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-07-04 12:19 +0200
    Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-07-05 21:43 +0200
      Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-07-06 13:49 +0200
        Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-07-06 20:57 +0200
  Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line Alla <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 09:38 -0700
  Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-07-04 12:30 +0100
  Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-07-09 17:43 +0200
    Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line Sebastiaan Kop <sebastiaan@famkop.nl> - 2016-07-24 16:14 +0000
      Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-07-30 14:03 -0400
        Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line Jivanmukta <jivanmukta@poczta.onet.pl> - 2016-07-30 20:08 +0200
          Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-07-30 17:18 -0400
        Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-07-31 13:28 +0200
          Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-07-31 15:28 +0200
            Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-07-31 17:38 +0200
              Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-08-01 14:57 +0200
                Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-08-01 15:18 +0200
      Re: echo "<br>" wouldn't print a new line "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-07-31 08:17 +0200

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