Custom layout element display help

[jh2251]

Hello,

I'm creating a custom details layout and have run into a problem when trying to concatenate output from Fabrik tables with text/html. For example, I've like to be able to do something like this:

$numpeople = $elements['number_people']->element;

<div class="span6"><?php echo "There are &nbsp;" . $numpeople . "&nbsp; people in the room."; ?></div>

Which might look like: "There are 15 people in the room." But anything before or after an echoed value is put on a new line. i.e.:

There are
15
people in the room.

Is there any way to prevent this?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

 

[startpoint]

Try:
$umpeople = $elements['number_people']->element_raw;

 

[jh2251]

That works perfectly! Thanks so much!