preg replace for whitespace to be used in html format

Question

I am trying to replace a certain word in php and include a whitespace in it.

This string will eventually be encode as html format. However, after encoding in html format, &nbsp always turns up to be a 'newline' instead of 'one standard space'. May i know why is that so? Thanks

$storeAddr = preg_replace('/test/', "<br>&nbsp;test1", $storeAddr); 

I.E
    string: 1)xxxxtestxxxx
    current output: 1)xxx

                    testxxxx

    desired output: 1)xxx
                      testxxxx

kapa · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-20 07:26:43Z

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Do you know what <br> is doing?

It inserts line break. So in your code <br> turns up to be a 'newline'.

edited Jul 20, 2011 at 7:26

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Dayzza Over a year ago

yea i know.. so including my <br> & &nbsp...i end up having two new line instead of one newline and one blank space infront of "test1"

Molecular Man Over a year ago

@Jonathan, is preg_replace the only function that you use for strings formatting? Don't you use anything like nl2br?

Dayzza Over a year ago

only using preg_replace ... using it to replace certain word and in additional adding a space infront of the word for formatting purposes. n12br does not help me in this situation..

Molecular Man Over a year ago

So, @Jonathan, after performing all manipulations on your string you should get such string: 1)xxxx<br> test1xxxx. In jsfiddle it works as expected.

Dayzza Over a year ago

yeah thats why i am also trying to find out why.. anyway thanks for your help so far.

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