lucy24 - 10:13 pm on Oct 26, 2012 (gmt 0)

Can't you just echo the <br /> itself? Add it to the end of each string. (Or possibly "<br \/>". I forget.)

:: detour to random page to confirm that that's what I did in recently created navigation footer ::

The difference between \n and and <br> is the same as in ordinary raw html: one affects what you see in the code. The other affects what the user sees.