Write XHR data with line break

Question

I get some data from a variable, and send it via XHR to PHP file which write it in to a file. How can I make a line break in the file after every write to it?

var e='Hello world!'
$.getJSON('http://example.com/write.php?callback=&data='+e);

write.php:

$data = $_GET['data'];
if(!$op=fopen('my file name','ab')){
  $res='b';
  exit;
}
if(fwrite($op,$data)===FALSE){
  $res='b';
  exit;
}
fclose($op);

Write a [`PHP_EOL`](http://us3.php.net/manual/en/reserved.constants.php)? — Alexander, Jan 26 '13 at 20:15
@Aleksov I don't know what you mean.. just append the string `\n` to the end of your data. That's a line break. No space between the backward slash and the n. — Daedalus, Jan 26 '13 at 20:21
@Aleksov, please try `fwrite($op, PHP_EOL)` after your previous `fwrite` — Alexander, Jan 26 '13 at 20:23
@Daedalus It did not work for me. Data written to the file is still in one line. Maybe I did not put it there? — Aleksov, Jan 26 '13 at 20:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '13 at 20:30

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Try writing or appending a PHP_EOL to the file after you have written your data.

fwrite($op, PHP_EOL);

answered Jan 26 '13 at 20:30

Alexander

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '13 at 20:26

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Try:

$data = $_GET['data'];

if(!$op=fopen('my file name','ab')){
  $res='b';
  exit;
}
if(fwrite($op,$data . PHP_EOL)===FALSE){
  $res='b';
  exit;
}
fclose($op);

answered Jan 26 '13 at 20:26

mallix

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 26 '13 at 20:26

AFAIK, fwrite() will automatically append a newline for each write.

Are you running PHP on a Windows server? You might try to open the file to write to in 'at' mode (append, translate line-endings) in stead of 'binary' mode (ab);

$op = fopen('my file name','at');

http://php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php

Write XHR data with line break

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