generating a text file in php with new lines

Asked Feb 09 '17 at 18:13

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I'm having this simple php code to generate a text file with some data in lines.

$fileName = date('dmY').'.txt';
$handler = fopen('files/'.$fileName,'a+');
$exporteddata = date('dmY').PHP_EOL;
for ($x=0; $x<count($_POST['category']); $x++){
    if($_POST['category'][$x] > 0){
        $cat_data = $this->my_model->get_cat_data($_POST['category'][$x]);

        $exporteddata.=$cat_data[0]['cat_code'].';'.$_POST['count'][$x].PHP_EOL;

    }
}
fwrite($handler,$exporteddata);
fclose($handler);

when I open the file with any code editor I find data formatted correctly each number is in a new line but when I open the file with notepad I get this

090220179632;15678;1

while it should be like this

09022017
9632;1
5678;1

I tried "\n" instead of PHP_EOL but I got the same result.

So how to fix this issue so when I open the file in notepad it keeps the new line separator?

asked Feb 09 '17 at 18:13

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notepad needs `\r\n` as that is how DOS and Windows used to/may still do it and some apps still do. – AbraCadaver Feb 09 '17 at 18:15
which OS are you under? Edit: in some rare cases, you need to use `\r\n` as @AbraCadaver stated if under Windows but this could be Notepad++ related as to how it treats that file and how it treats new line characters. Check your program's settings. – Funk Forty Niner Feb 09 '17 at 18:15
Fred -ii- Windows – PHP User Feb 09 '17 at 18:16
\r\n worked fine thanks AbraCadaver – PHP User Feb 09 '17 at 18:17
@PHPUser you need to use the `@` character followed by a member's name in order for them to receive notification; just like I did for you here. – Funk Forty Niner Feb 09 '17 at 18:18
Notepad++, Wordpad, MS Word and many others will display just `\n` fine. – AbraCadaver Feb 09 '17 at 18:18

generating a text file in php with new lines

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