newline problem

[RedDragon]

hi im using this part in my script:

$filecontent = fread(fopen($attachurl, 'r'), filesize($attachurl));

which reads out the content of a txt file

after i read out the content all newline breaks have been replaced with a box! how can i change this?

[sgoku01]

How does your textfile look??
Try to use <br> for newlines..?

[devinemke]

it sounds like you are trying to read a UNIX text file on a windows machine (or vice versa). Different OS's have different ways of displaying line returns/newlines:

Windows:/r/n
UNIX: /n
Mac: /r

I usually strip out all of the /r's and just deal with the /n's.

BTW: if you have PHP 4.3.0, you could replace your fopen code with this:

$filecontent = file_get_contents ($attachurl);

[RedDragon]

the suggestion with the unix -> windows was right i checked it
i will just use \r and \n for my text files so windows and unix can read them 😛 thx for your suggestions