how to write unified new line in PHP?

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Obviously it's not "\r\n",which only fits windows,and will cause ^M on linux

Actually, CRLF is more common than you think. HTML/XML specs allow CRLF and the HTTP spec actually enforces the use of CRLF as EOL for headers. — Christian, Jun 16 '12 at 19:36

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Jun 13 '09 at 00:43

Matthew Flaschen

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But isn't that the newline for the server OS, not the client? – Tom Haigh Jun 13 '09 at 00:57
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Yes..., why would you need the newline of the client? For HTML, newlines don't matter. For most other cases, the protocol specifies which to use. – Matthew Flaschen Jun 13 '09 at 01:00

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '09 at 00:43

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a new line in php is just "\n". should work on all platforms.

answered Jun 13 '09 at 00:43

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Don't we all use "\r\n" on windows? – omg Jun 13 '09 at 01:16
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Using "\n" has always worked for me as a newline in php. and I've worked in both Linux and Windows environments. – AvatarOfChronos Jun 13 '09 at 02:18
The new line \n should work across all systems as long as the data is being used by php, the problems with \n vs \r\n come up when the data is created by php but used by another application, for instance, you write a document on linux using the \n within php, this file is then opened in a windows document software and you might see "unexpected" abnormalities in the way the data displays. I quoted unexpected because we can expect them but somebody not knowing this might be surprised by the output. – CodingInTheUK Aug 14 '19 at 09:26

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