FAQ: Intro to Built-in PHP Functions - Working with Variables

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I feel that I should already know this, but how do I get the following code to print each echo on a`` separate line? The way it comes out now is difficult to read.

[codebyte]

<?php namespace Codecademy; $first = "Welcome to the magical world of built-in functions."; $second = 82137012983; //Write your code below: echo gettype($first); echo gettype($second); echo var_dump($first); echo var_dump($second); [codebyte]
echo gettype($first);
echo "\n";
echo gettype($second);
echo "\n";
// or

echo gettype($first) . "\n";
echo gettype($second) . "\n";
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