PHP - newlines \n without adding whitespace

Hi everybody,

if i add a newline to a string with \n, an additional whitespace will be added, too.
... if i trim that string (trim/ltrim/rtrim) i loose the formatting ... can anyone tell me what’s best practice?

(in order to get well formated source code)

thanks, j

This? http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,47198.msg277375.html#msg277375

thanks microcipcip, i’ll check that out