Newlines don't work.

Hi,

I am trying to output a newline, but this doesn't work:

echo "Line1\nLine2";

Before anyone says, I know HTML doesn't recognise newlines. I don't
need newlines in the rendered HTML, I need newlines in the SOURCE to
make it understandable.

Cheers,
Lister

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