Alternatives to newline code? (\n)

[the_real_JLM]

I'm working on a small job application for a company, using basic sendmail and a form. Here's the sendmail code:

 

<?php
  $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
  $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
  $firstname = $_REQUEST['firstname'] ;
  $lastname = $_REQUEST['lastname'] ;
  $telephone = $_REQUEST['telephone'] ;
  $driverslicense = $_REQUEST['driverslicense'] ;
  $position = $_REQUEST['position'] ;
  $address = $_REQUEST['address'] ;

  mail( "[email protected]", "Job Application",
    $message . $firstname), "From: $email" );
  header( "http://blah.com" );
?>

 

You can see where the strings are returned, message and firstname, I need a new line inserted between them. I've tried using . \n . and . '\n' . and . $newline . and a few other ideas but its not happening. Can anybody shed some light on the subject please?

[wildteen88]

To use a newline in a string you need to use double quotes not single quotes:

 

$str = "string with \n new lines in \n it";

echo '<pre>' . $str . '</pre>';

[the_real_JLM]

Thanks for the quick reply, ok so I tried this:

 

<?php
  $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
  $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
  $firstname = $_REQUEST['firstname'] ;
  $lastname = $_REQUEST['lastname'] ;
  $telephone = $_REQUEST['telephone'] ;
  $driverslicense = $_REQUEST['driverslicense'] ;
  $position = $_REQUEST['position'] ;
  $address = $_REQUEST['address'] ;

  mail( "[email protected]", "Job Application",
    $message . "\n" . $firstname), "From: $email" );
  header( "blah.com" );
?>

 

and was returned this:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',' in /home/hodd5538/public_html/sendmail.php on line 12

 

Am I still doing something wrong somewhere?

[rhodesa]

You have an extra ) after $firstname

 

 

 

Special characters like \n \r \t are only converted into their respective special values inside double quotes. So,

 

"\n" is a new line

'\n' are the literal characters \ and n

[rhodesa]

Also, are you trying to forward the page to http://hodder.ca/index.php ? If so, it should be:

 

header("Location: http://hodder.ca/index.php");

[Demonic]

header( "blah.com" );

 

Should be

 

header("Location: blah.com")

 

-.-..he beat me to it.

[the_real_JLM]

Perfect! I didnt even notice the extra bracket, I should have =.=

 

Thanks a ton for the help guys

 

the redirect works now too btw, thanks guys