php basic question

[FUNKAM35]

Hi, can you help me please?

 

I have some code written about 5 yrs ago that is for example like this

 

echo"<div class=\"select\">";

echo"<br /><br />\n";

echo"</div>\n";

echo"</div>\n";

echo "<p><b>$address</b></p>\n";

 

Does it make any difference at all if I amended it to

 

echo"<div class=\"select\"><br /><br /></div></div><p><b>$address</b></p>";

 

ie coding errors or increase load time?

also when should I use \n"; or ";

 

Please forgive my ignorance but I am a self taught php writer and have managed to teach myself but just need a little help. Cheers

[Pikachu2000]

You can make it all one string with no issues at all. You can put a \n in at any point you want a new line in the html source, to make it so if you 'view source' in the browser, it isn't one ginormous wall of markup.

[FUNKAM35]

wow that was fast thank you so much, just got a lot of code and trying to minimise it and sirt it all out. brilliant thanks again