An unexplainable space added inside an anchor
css, html, whitespace
Solution
Change this:
<a href="<?php echo ToHtml($this->backToCourseUri); ?>" class="accessible-link">
<?php echo Zend_Registry::get('translate')->_('Kliknite'), "\n"; ?>
</a>
Into this:
<a href="<?php echo ToHtml($this->backToCourseUri); ?>" class="accessible-link">
<?php echo Zend_Registry::get('translate')->_('Kliknite'), "\n"; ?></a>
The `</a>` should be in the same line after the `<?php echo Zend_Registry::get('translate')->_('Kliknite'), "\n"; ?>` aka Click Here
The new line and the spaces after it renders like 1 space that is still inside the `<a></a>` tags, that is where the blank space is coming from.
For the record I also don't like the closing tag to be next to the content instead of a being in a new line but that's how it has to be done in order to work correctly.
I like good formatted code and I always look for an autoformat command in my IDE.
But at least for example in Visual Studio when you hit Ctrl + K, Ctrl + D (the Format Document shorcut) the closing tags like the `</a>` are not automatically moved to a new line for this exact reason: that it should not break the way it looks before the auto format.
Problem
This is a HTML snippet from my application: ``` Correct answers: 0 / 6<br /><br /> You have failed to pass the final test. <a href="/module/controller/course/id/5" class="accessible-link"> Click here </a> to return to the training. ``` As you can see, there is a single space after the `</a>` closing tag. Yet in the browser the space is added inside the anchor. So it looks like this: This is the PHP code which produces the HTML: ``` <?php if (isset($this->correctAnswersCount) && isset($this->answersCount)): ?> <?php echo Zend_Registry::get('translate')->_('Počet správnych odpovedí'); ?>: <?php echo ToHtml($this->correctAnswersCount); ?> / <?php echo ToHtml($this->answersCount); ?><br /><br /> <?php endif; ?> <?php echo Zend_Registry::get('translate')->_('Záverečný test sa vám nepodarilo úspešne absolvovať.'), "\n"; ?> <a href="<?php echo ToHtml($this->backToCourseUri); ?>" class="accessible-link"> <?php echo Zend_Registry::get('translate')->_('Kliknite'), "\n"; ?> </a> <?php echo Zend_Registry::get('translate')->_('pre návrat do kurzu.'), "\n"; ?> ``` I am completely baffled by this and cannot figure out what's causing this even though I've been staring into the code for 30 minutes now. This is a relevant part from the translation file: ``` 'Kliknite' => 'Click here', ``` As you can see, there should be no space added by Zend_Translate.