Question

I am writing a TXT file using PHP. I want to insert actual line breaks into the TXT file wherever necessary. I have tried all combinations of \n \r \r\n \n\r … but these are not causing any linebreaks to appear – in most cases, I am seeing the text “\n” appear in the TXT file, with no linebreak.

I have also tried chr(13).

Any other ideas would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Sounds to me like you might be using single quotes, i.e. '\n' rather than "\n".

If you wanted to continue with a single quotes bias (as you should!), two options:

file_put_contents('/path/to/file.txt', 'Hello friend!
This will appear on a new line.
As will this');

// or

file_put_contents('/path/to/file.txt', 'Hello friend!'."\n".'This will appear on a new line.'."\n".'As will this');