PHP 4.0 Bug #8579 Updated: text files do not have \r\n translation from \n

ID: 8579 User Update by: dpfender@innova.net Old-Status: Closed Status: Open Bug Type: Filesystem function related Description: text files do not have \r\n translation from \n The problem is not with fopen(file, "wb"), which works correctly. The problem is with fopen(file, "w") because it works the same as the "wb" option. Using the "w" option should cause any text to be translated from '\n' to '\r\n' on Windows systems or else text editors such as Notepad will not view the file correctly. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-01-08 14:04:13] stas@php.net fopen uses whatever mode you give it. The rest of functions (like "system") use 'b' modes, since they are meant to pass the data unchanged. If you have a code that uses fopen and it ignores 'b', please reopen the report and post the code, otherwise - you are getting the intended behaviour. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-01-07 14:11:54] dpfender@innova.net C programs that execute on Windows systems use fopen() with a "b" mode option (example, fopen(fname,"wb")) when the output string is to be written exactly as is to the file. When opened with "w", the 'n' character is automatically translated to the sequence 'rn'. This character sequence defines the end of lines to Windows-based text programs, such as Notepad. This capability is not supported with PHP though the documentation hints that it should. Without this feature, PHP programs are not directly portable between Windows systems and Unix/Linux systems without a lot of special program coding on the part of the developer. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8579