new lines in text files

Anon

OK, so I'm logging user input to a text file, and i want each message to be on its own line. so for example, i have:

$pointer = fopen("log.txt","a+");
fwrite($pointer,"$input\n");
fclose($pointer);

I would want it to look like:
Input 1
Input 2
Input 3

but the \n fails to make a new line, so all the messages run together, making it impossible to separate them and print them out work with each line separately when the time comes to display them:
Input1Input2Input3

Help, please?

rohithmr

is the ur code inside a loop?

also try this:

$pointer = fopen("log.txt","a+");
$data2write=$input."\n";
fwrite($pointer,$data2write);
fclose($pointer);

Anon

that didn't work

no, it's not in a loop, but the page refreshes after each submission

and if you can't figure out a solution, that's ok, because i think i know of a way around, but it would be a fair amount of extra coding

rohithmr

Maybe if you paste the full code, i mite b able to find what you are doing. This does not seem like sumtin dat needs heavy coding.

fitzbean

$pointer = fopen("log.txt","a+");
fwrite($pointer,"$input
");
fclose($pointer);

Try that.

Anon

Here is a script I use to record IP's it logs IP on a new line. I used to have your problem. I don't remember what I did to fix it. But good luck.

<?php

$filename = "ip.txt";

$time = date("n.d.Y g:ia T");

$filepointer = fopen ($filename, "a");

fwrite ($filepointer, " $REMOTE_ADDR - $time\n");

fclose ($filepointer);

print "Done";

Anon

Hi,

is your operating system is Windows?

if the answer is yes; you must use Carriage Return escape character (\r).

You are using just newline character (\n), so it is ok for linux but not enough for windows.

Please try as;

$pointer = fopen("log.txt","a+");
fwrite($pointer,"$input\r\n");
fclose($pointer)

Anon

Yes, sadly, I am running Windows, although XP Pro isn't too bad.

And that did fix it. Thanks.