Sending emails with line breaks?

[dmccabe]

I am using the following code to send an email to our helpdesk system when a user fills in a form I have made:

 

$email = "darren.mccabe@xyz.com";
$message = "Username: $fist_name <br /> Surname: $surname";
mail("helpdesk@xyz.com","New User Request: $first_name $surname", $message, "From: $email");

 

the problem is our helpdesk system does not parse html in emails, so the <br /> doesnt work, how can I break the line up without using BR ?

[haku]

Depending on the system, you want one of the following three choices:

 

\n

\r

\r\n

 

Try all three and see which one works for you.

[dmccabe]

Thanks Haku, will get back to on whether this worked or not however at the moment I have another issue which is stopping me checking it.