Php text on new line [closed]

Question

I have a file named file.txt that looks like this:

1. Line 1
2. Line 2
3. Line 3
4. Line 4

using the command:

$content = file_get_contents(file.txt);
echo $content

I get the output on one line:

Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4

How can I get the output printed over 4 lines?

Answer 1

If you are outputting HTML, you can wrap it in a <pre>.

If you do not need HTML but you are using HTTP, you can change the mime-type by using header(). For example, change it to text/plain.

If you want the line breaks visible, but do not want to use <pre>, you can convert them to HTML line breaks by using nl2br().