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Writing line returns

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Writing line returns

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- [Instructor] We need to discuss how to write line returns to your files using PHP. Different operating systems use different standards for line returns. In Unix and MacOS, a line return is represented by a backslash and the letter N. In PHP, you want to always use double quotes with it so that it has its special meaning as a line return. In Windows however, it is \r\n, two special characters together. This convention goes all the way back to the beginning of DOS and has caused a lot of headaches over the years. Recently, it has begun to change a little. Notepad now supports both and Windows can use Linux as a sub-system, which also uses \n. So maybe it will change, but for now we need to be mindful of this difference. Let's demonstrate line returns in the file_write.php page that we created in the last movie. I'm going to start by just going right up here and making some notes that Unix/Mac new lines are \n and…

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