PHP "backspace" character during output possible?
<p>I have a feeling the answer is "it's not possible," but thought I'd ask to satisfy my curiosity.</p>

<p>I have some code that's echoed where the \n is unavoidable:</p>

<pre><code>echo "Hello \n";
echo "World!";
</code></pre>

<p>I'd like the line to simply read (in the code output):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Hello World!</p>
</blockquote>

<p>... thus removing the \n.</p>

<p>So I was wondering if it's possible to execute a "backspace" character during PHP's output?</p>

<p>Something simple like <code>str_replace( "\n", 'backspace-character', $str );</code></p>
