php problems writing to new line in txt file

Asked May 09 '17 at 17:00

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Please can someone tell me why when I write to a .txt file it all goes on one line. I know this is a newbie question but I am new and this code has came directly out of the book im learning from the idea is that a customer order comes in and each order written to a new line in the orders.txt file. The orders are coming through fine just not on a new line. The string code is as follows.

$outputstring = $date."\t".$tireqty." tires \t".$oilqty." oil\t"
                .$sparkqty." spark plugs\t\$".$totalamount
                ."\t". $address."\n";

edited May 09 '17 at 17:00

Funk Forty Niner

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asked May 09 '17 at 17:00

smokingjak

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there isn't enough code here – Funk Forty Niner May 09 '17 at 17:01
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You need to show how you're writing it to the file. – Don't Panic May 09 '17 at 17:01
In this code seems you have only one line with field separated by tab and only newlline at the end – ScaisEdge May 09 '17 at 17:02
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can you tried " PHP_EOL " ? – Ranjeet Singh May 09 '17 at 17:02
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I bet you're on Windows... :) – Alex Howansky May 09 '17 at 17:02
...yeah, maybe. – Funk Forty Niner May 09 '17 at 17:02
what OS are you running this under? \*NIX or Windows or other? such as a MAC? – Funk Forty Niner May 09 '17 at 17:03
@AlexHowansky more specifically, on windows and viewing in notepad... – Don't Panic May 09 '17 at 17:03
Yes I am using windows 10 so im guessing this is a known problem – smokingjak May 09 '17 at 17:04
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instead of using `\n` in your string try using `\r\n` or just PHP_EOL;. – Dimi May 09 '17 at 17:04
It's not a problem, just a difference. Unix uses `\n` for EOL and Windows uses `\r\n`. Use @RanjeetSingh's suggestion and you should be good either way. – Alex Howansky May 09 '17 at 17:06
Thank you very much \r\n works :) – smokingjak May 09 '17 at 17:06
@AlexHowansky guessed it correctly alright; question's closed. – Funk Forty Niner May 09 '17 at 17:06
so would PHP_EOL work on any OS? Where would I place this in the above string? – smokingjak May 09 '17 at 17:37

php problems writing to new line in txt file

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