[SOLVED] Want line break in text file

[chanchelkumar]

Hi all,

 

I am trying to write a list of things in to file.. i want this as line by line.. but this happens in one single line..

 

 

$myFile = "menu/menu.txt";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
$stringData = "Floppy Jalopy\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
$stringData = "Pointy Pinto\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);

 

This is my code.. can any one help me..

[GingerRobot]

Well for starters, what operating system are you using? Also, what program are you using to view the results? If you use a web browser to look at the file, you might well get everything all on one line if it treats it as HTML rather than a text file (i'm unsure if browsers will be doing this -- i'd expect most would assume it's a text file, but it's a possibility)

[DarkendSoul]

If on linux generally it's "\n" for a new line.

For windows programs it tends to be "\r\n".

 

If you're trying to get line breaks in HTML you need to make them <br /> (XHTML Strict) or <br> (Other).

 

If you want to make it so in a browser "\n" is a line break you send headers with PHP before you display the content.

 

<?php

header('Content-Type: text/plain');

echo get_file_contents(dirname(__FILE__) . "./menu/menu.txt");

?>

 

 

[chanchelkumar]

Thanks DarkendSoul,

 

it works...