Write \n in text file php

Question

I want to write \r\n in file, not for making new line but literal text. The line I want to write in the file is

To make a new line write \n in the end of the line

My php code is like this

$handle = fopen("a.txt","w+");
$text = "To make a new line write \r\n in the end of the line\r\n";
fwrite($handle, $text);
fclose($handle);

But it is writing

To make a new line write
in the end of the line

That \r\n is parsed as newline. How can I write that text in the file?

You asked for it to write to a new line. So you want to actually write `To make a new line write \r\n in the end of the line\r\n` in that file rather than write that on 2 lines? — Funk Forty Niner, Mar 27 '20 at 19:57
`$text = "To make a new line write \\r\\n in the end of the line\r\n";` — AbraCadaver, Mar 27 '20 at 19:58
@AbraCadaver What they have now should work, *sort of*. I can't see how escaping will fix this. Am I missing something? — Funk Forty Niner, Mar 27 '20 at 19:59
@FunkFortyNiner They are seen as the escape sequence in double-quotes so you have to escape them https://3v4l.org/Zuktn — AbraCadaver, Mar 27 '20 at 20:04
Ok thanks @AbraCadaver - Curious why they'd want to do that, kind of defeats the purpose in a way. — Funk Forty Niner, Mar 27 '20 at 20:09

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 27 '20 at 20:05

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You can do it this way:

$text = 'To make a new line write \r\n in the end of the line'."\r\n";

As this chars are not parsed if they are between single quotes.

Or escape the \ with \\ if you must use double quotes.

edited Mar 27 '20 at 20:05

AbraCadaver

answered Mar 27 '20 at 20:00

jeprubio

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