How to add symbol?

[winpeace]

I add last messages smf forum in joomla with this code.But I want o add symbol head of messages

<?php
 $topics = ssi_recentTopics(8, null, 'array');
 foreach($topics AS $topic)
 {
 echo $topic['link'] . '<br />';
 }
?>

[edited by: coopster at 9:54 am (utc) on Nov. 21, 2006]
[edit reason] no urls please [/edit]

[coopster]

I believe the symbol you are describing is a list item or what is commonly called a "bullet". Instead of just breaking <br> the lines, use the HTML <li> list item [w3.org] instead.

<?php 
$topics = ssi_recentTopics(8, null, 'array'); 
$topicList = ''; // initialize 
foreach($topics AS $topic) 
{ 
$topicList .= '<li>' . $topic['link'] . '</li>'; 
} 
if ($topicList) { 
 echo "<ul>$topicList</ul>"; 
} 
?>