Newline not working in php

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This is the code.I don't know where I have made a mistake.I tried with single quote as well. I tried it but all items come in one line.

 $output_line=$item."\n";
 fwrite($myfile,$output_line);

for a txt file that's valid, if its a browser it would expect HTML. you may need "\r\n" depending on OS — , Dec 24 '17 at 05:58
What about using PHP_EOL instead of "\n" as a test? That way it should be whatever return the system itself uses? — C Miller, Dec 24 '17 at 05:59
How many items are there? What is $item? Is it one item in string or several in array? — Andreas, Dec 24 '17 at 06:02
@Tayyab is $item an array? Are you sure? You have said in comments below that answers where $item is string is correct. If $item is an array those answers should not work — Andreas, Dec 24 '17 at 07:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '17 at 06:00

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Use PHP_EOL instead of \n.

 $output_line=$item . PHP_EOL ;

answered Dec 24 '17 at 06:00

Bertram Gilfoyle

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OP says $item is an array, this should create a array to string conversion error – Andreas Dec 24 '17 at 07:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 24 '17 at 06:15

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Use PHP_EOL which produces \r\n or \n

$data = 'some data' . PHP_EOL . 'this should be on new line';
$fp = fopen('my_file', 'a');
fwrite($fp, $data);

// File output

some data
this should be on new line

answered Dec 24 '17 at 06:15

Milan Chheda

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You're welcome. You can read more here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4975411/when-do-i-use-php-eol-instead-of-n-and-vice-versa-ajax-jquery-client-problem – Milan Chheda Dec 24 '17 at 06:42
hmm that is the answer i needed. – Tayyab Khan Shinwari Dec 24 '17 at 06:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 24 '17 at 07:45

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Line break representation can be different on different operating system. In PHP there is an predefined constant called PHP_EOL which return the correct 'End Of Line' symbol for current platform. Available since PHP 5.0.2.

Therefore, your code should be as below:

$output_line=$item.PHP_EOL;
fwrite($myfile,$output_line);

edited Dec 24 '17 at 07:45

Bertram Gilfoyle

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answered Dec 24 '17 at 06:37

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OP says $item is an array, this should create a array to string conversion error – Andreas Dec 24 '17 at 07:04

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 24 '17 at 06:59

You need to use implode to add a "text" between each item.
Implode takes an array and adds a string in between each item and makes it all string.

$output_line=implode(" PHP_EOL", $item);
fwrite($myfile,$output_line);

This will now make:

Item1 PHP_EOL
Item2 PHP_EOL
Item3 PHP_EOL

Newline not working in php

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