I am new to JSON format so please forgive my lack of knowledge. But somehow, I need to add some line breaks to my json_encode array so that it will parse with multiple lines. I've searched and searched but nothing fits my situation.

It's outputted as:

Following formats accepted: www.website.com website.com website.net/something

But I'm looking to output the data like this:

Website needs to be in the following formats:  

www.website.com  

website.com  

website.net/something

I've tried:

echo json_encode( 

    array( 'status' => 'failed',

           'message' => Website needs to be in the following formats:n

            www.website.comn

            website.comn

            website.net/something

    ), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);

But Javascript is parsing it as a literal string so the newlines are ignored and outputted. Can I send the data from PHP to javascript using straight JSON format or do I have to use an array?

I've also tried using <br />.

EDIT :

I am outputting the following way:

$.ajax({

    url: /forms/content_process.php,

    type:'POST',

    data: $(.content_cat).serialize(),

    processData: false,

    dataType: json,

    success: function(response) {

        if (response.status == failed) {

            $(.content_status).css( background-color, red );

            $(.content_status).text(response.message).slideDown(normal);

        } else {

            $(.content_status).css( background-color, green );

            $(.content_status).text(Your category was submitted!).slideDown(normal);

        }

    }

});