PHP new line \n and \r\n not working

Question

  $rows = mysql_num_rows($result) ;
  for ($j=0 ; $j < 3 ; $j++) {
  for ($i=0 ; $i < 3 ; $i++) {
    $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ;
    echo \'

        

Answer 1

Whitespace is not displayed verbatim when it's part of HTML text. \r and \n are not universal constants; they are just characters, and it's up to whatever program consumes them to decide what to do with them.

You should use
instead.