Question

I have a php var which, when echoed, writes a JS function into the source of a page. The function loops through a CSV and so it has the following line within it:

$str="var lines = data.split('\n');";

At the present time, when echoed, I get this ‘correct’ JS written into the source:

var lines = data.split('
');

Instead, I want to echo the literal string \n into the source of the page.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Answer 1

Escape the slash.

"\\n"

So that it is treated as a slash instead of an escape character.