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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Datatypes Strings

MIke Goldberg
MIke Goldberg
305 Points
Posted by MIke Goldberg
MIke Goldberg
305 Points

Why does the video have its booleans show on multiple lines where i have thee same exact PHP written and it shows on the

In the video, the guy types his code and it outputs on multiple lines. I have the same exact thing written and it's all on the same line?

1 Answer

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hi Mike,

In the video, the PHP that he runs is in a <pre> element which formats any data in between its tags exactly as it written on the page. Since each var_dump() is on a separate line, the data is outputted on two different lines.