Newline and Tab in PHP

Is there a way to sent a new line (i.e. \n) and tab (i.e. \t) in php???

i am trying to format some output that i get and i need to be able to place returns and tabs into it

thanks

 

http://www.wellho.net/regex/php.html


I just use html codes such as <br>


IE:
echo "<br>";

 

There's a function to convert newlines to <br />'s in php already.

PHP:

nl2br($string);


http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php

See also :
htmlspecialchars();
htmlentities();
wordwrap();

As for usage, I'd put these on the output (i.e. input from the DB, output to the page) rather than cluttering the DB up with hundreds of <br />'s and &amp;'s