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Onur ARSLAN
Onur ARSLAN
5,130 Points
Posted by Onur ARSLAN
Onur ARSLAN
5,130 Points

What <pre></pre> is doing? For example, if i dont use it than when i type \n command i can not go to the next line.

<pre> is used before we open our <?php ?>

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Daniel H.J. Chen
Daniel H.J. Chen
12,888 Points
Daniel H.J. Chen
Daniel H.J. Chen
12,888 Points 
<pre></pre>

It is the HTML tag for pre-formatted text. If you put a newline character \n in your "pre" tags, then it will be parsed as a new line. Otherwise, it will be ignored by HTML.

Reference: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_pre.asp