writing newline to html file

megachrisp

I'm working on a script and I need to insert text near the top of an HTML file

I opened the file with r+ and i have the script fseek to the right spot, and i need to insert a new line here, and I mean new line in the source code, not a <br> line break.

I tried

echo "/n/r";

and

fwrite($file, "/n/r");

and neither one works. In fact, they seem to insert these weird symbols into the source code, and the other fwrite functions overwrite the text already there, which is what i want to stop.

What am I missing here?

feldon23

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megachrisp

Guess I shoulda mentioned I tried slashes both ways (always forget which one to use.)

PHPThorsten

you need a little workaround i think
try this:

$old_file = file_get_contents("c:/text.txt");

$handle = fopen ("c:/text.txt", "wb");

fwrite($handle, $old_file . "Test \r\n Test");

feldon23

Well, you shouldn't need the \r, just the \n.

PHPThorsten

on windows system you need both, or am i wrong?

megachrisp

Thanks guys, for the input

PHPThorsten had the right idea, I just re-did the way the script inserted the text and now it works. It's weird, because from what I can tell putting the newline and carriage returns only works if there's other text as well...or something....I'm not quite sure. And I did need both, in case you were wondering.

Again, thanks guys