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Jordy Huijgens
Jordy Huijgens

Reputation: 43

how can i force a linebreak in a txt database?

I'm working with PHP, and I would like to create a line-break in my .txt database after every input. Is this even possible and how? Please help, I have tried /n and <br> but these won't work. Some code:

fwrite($handle,$artikelnummer);
fwrite($handle,$newData);

Between these two I want a linebreak

Upvotes: 0

Views: 79

Answers (3)

bluefog
bluefog

Reputation: 1894

Use :

fwrite($file, $yourData . "\n");

Don't use '\n' as PHP will not recognize the escape sequence then.

If you want to be platform independent use PHP_EOL which outputs \r\n or \n depending on the OS. Its a predefined constant. Look here.

If you want an empty line after writing a line : 

fwrite($file, $yourData . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL);

Upvotes: 2

MarcoS
MarcoS

Reputation: 17721

Something like this?

fwrite($handle, $artikelnummer);
fwrite($handle, "\n");
fwrite($handle, $newData);

As Shikhar Bhardwaj pointed out, you could use PHP_EOL, instead of "\n", if you want to be completely OS platform independent...

UPDATE: If what you expect is one empty line between lines, you have to write 2 newlines...:

fwrite($handle, $artikelnummer);
fwrite($handle, PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL);
fwrite($handle, $newData);

Upvotes: 1

Sven R.
Sven R.

Reputation: 1057

You have to use Backslash and letter n in double-quotes:

fwrite($handle, "This is my text with \n a linebreak");

Upvotes: 1

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