How to Keep Whitespace Formatting Using PHP/Html

How do I keep whitespace formatting using PHP/HTML?

use the <pre> tag (pre formatted), that will use a mono spaced font (for your art) and keep all the white space

<pre>
text goes here and here 
             and here and here            Some out here
     ▄             ▄█▄ █▄       ▄
 ▄█▀█▓ ▄▓▀▀█▀ ▀▀▀█▓▀▀ ▀▀    ▄█▀█▓▀▀▀▀▀▓▄▀██▀▀
██  ██ ▀██▄▄ ▄█  ▀ ░▒ ░▒   ██  ██ ▄█▄ █▀ ██
█▓▄▀██  ▄ ▀█▌▓█    ▒▓ ▒▓   █▓▄▀██ ▓█ ▀▄  █▓
█▒  █▓ ██▄▓▀ ▀█▄▄█▄▓█ ▓█   █▒  █▓ ▒█  ▓█▄ ▒
    ▀▒           ▀  ▀ █▀       ▀▒  ▀  █▀  ░

</pre>  

You might have to convert any <'s to < 's

Convert text formatted with whitespace to html

What you're looking for is a Markdown to HTML converter. Magmi doesn't have a plugin that can do this, however you could easily write one yourself.

1. Create a Magmi plugin folder and file.
2. Include a Markdown to HTML PHP library, such as this: https://github.com/michelf/php-markdown

3. Use the processItemBeforeId() function to update the descriptions on the fly in the plugin, like this:

   public function processItemBeforeId(&$item,$params=null)
   {
       //Use the Markdown class library to convert the description.
       $updated_description = Markdown::defaultTransform($item['description']);
   
       //Update the description of the item before it gets imported.
       $item['description'] = $updated_description;
   }
   

4. Enable your custom Magmi plugin, and it should start converting the descriptions on the fly when you import.

White-space formatting concerns in HTML

Wrap in a <pre> tag then apply some css: How do I wrap text in a pre tag?

pre {
 white-space: pre-wrap;       /* css-3 */
 white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;  /* Mozilla, since 1999 */
 white-space: -pre-wrap;      /* Opera 4-6 */
 white-space: -o-pre-wrap;    /* Opera 7 */
 word-wrap: break-word;       /* Internet Explorer 5.5+ */
}

Demo with your sample html: http://jsfiddle.net/B98jc/

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