[Resolved] [Resolved] New line in files

[aksival]

I know that \n is the switch used to start a newline in a text file. Here is the line of code I am using:

fwrite($fp, $list1[$i] .'¦'. $list2[$i] .'¦'. $list3[$i] .'¦'. $list4[$i] .'/n');

No newlines are created in the text file, instead it shows \n where the newline should be.

Any ideas?

[laserlight]

You should use "\n" instead of '/n'
Note that the double quotes are necessary here. '\n' will not be parsed as a newline character, but "\n" will.

[aksival]

Thanks, that works.

I wonder why the switch would not work in single quotes?

[LordShryku]

Originally posted by aksival
Thanks, that works.

I wonder why the switch would not work in single quotes?

Because anything within single quotes is interpreted as literal. So it's not seeing a newline character, it's seeing the literal string \n.