Problem under Windows using "\n" (LF) when saving to file

[kumschick]

Hello all,

I have a little problem with the linefeed when saving content to a ini file.
I generate an config.ini file with php but for the new lines php does not
make a correct LF.

The problem is that my application can't read the content of the ini file, cause
php did not make a correct linefeed.

Is there a way the fix this problem?

[crazychris]

Windows, Linux/Unix and Macs all use different line endings.

Linux/Unix = \n (newline)
Windows = \r\n (carrage return, newline)
Mac = \r (carrage return)

So if you are writing to a specific platform (\n should work regardless tho) then use the correct format as per above.

In Windows, WordPad will properly format a text file with just \n whereas notepad will not.