line breaks in a text file

[JPark]

I have a php page with a form that, upon submit, generates a text file of the person's choices -- using it as a flat file.

 

I want to start a new line with each entry so I used \n\r as in

$line1= $today."^".$_POST['email']."^".$value;
foreach ($sector_numbers as $key => $value)
{
$line = "{$line1}^{$value}\n\r";
$file_write = fwrite($file_handle, $line);
}

 

The problem is that my text file shows little boxes instead of new lines (see attachment).

 

Why?  How can I fix it?

 

Thanks!

 

Joe

 

 

 

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[jl5501]

use "\n" by itself should give you the correct newlines

[salathe]

\n\r is not a usual line ending sequence. They're:

• \r\n - "Windows"
  
• \r - "Macintosh"
  
• \n - "Unix"
  

[JPark]

\n\r is not a usual line ending sequence. They're:

• \r\n - "Windows"
  

 

So \n\r is different than \r\n??

[salathe]

Very much so. By way of analogy, would you consider the strings "ab" and "ba" to be identical?

[JPark]

salathe,

 

Well, I changed the code and tested it and doggonit you are right!

 

While your analogy makes sense NOW, before I was just thinking of them as line breaks in different languages as in

 

"Hi!  Hola!" is pretty much the same as "Hola!  Hi!"

 

I stand sit corrected.

 

Thanks for clarifying!!

 

Joe