diff --git a/ext/skeleton/skeleton.php b/ext/skeleton/skeleton.php
index 12e1e64bb40..91db9d54088 100644
--- a/ext/skeleton/skeleton.php
+++ b/ext/skeleton/skeleton.php
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-<?
+<?php
+$br = (php_sapi_name() == "cli")? "":"<br>";
+
 if(!extension_loaded('extname')) {
 	dl('extname.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX);
 }
 $module = 'extname';
 $functions = get_extension_funcs($module);
-echo "Functions available in the test extension:<br>\n";
+echo "Functions available in the test extension:$br\n";
 foreach($functions as $func) {
-    echo $func."<br>\n";
+    echo $func."$br\n";
 }
-echo "<br>\n";
+echo "$br\n";
 $function = 'confirm_' . $module . '_compiled';
 if (extension_loaded($module)) {
 	$str = $function($module);