Re: Breaking lines

On Tue, October 3, 2006 7:05 am, Deckard wrote: > I have this code to write three lines in a file (config.php): > > $stringData = '$hostname = ' . $hostname . '\n' . '$mysql_username = > ' > . > $mysql_username . '\n' . '$mysql_user_password = ' . > $mysql_user_password . '\n'; > > but instead of breaking a line, it appears in the file the string \n > > How can i make the line break ? There are only *TWO* characters that are "special" after a ' \ ' ' is used to note the end of the string. \ is used to indicate that the following ' is *NOT* the end of the string, but is an embedded ' \ can then also be used to indicate that the following \ is *NOT* a \ to indicate that the following ' is *NOT* the end of the string, but just a plain old embedded \ Examples: PHP Internal string '\'' a single apostrophe '\\' a single backslash '\\n' a single backslash followed by 'n' '\n' a very confusing way to get a single backslash followed by 'n' I will not document the "rules" for the characters following a " because they are MUCH more complex. http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php The point, however, is that \n is a newline ONLY inside of ", and not ' because ' is a much more limited vocabulary. " has a much richer vocabulary, so you could just write: $stringData = "\$hostname = $hostname\n\$mysql_username = $mysql_username\n\$mysql_user_password = $mysql_user_password\n"; A cleaner option might be: $stringData = "hostname = $hostname\n"; $stringData .= "mysql_username = $mysql_username\n"; $stringData .= "mysql_password = $mysql_user_password\n"; Presumably this was for a human to read anyway, so the leading $ on the label was not crucial... YMMV -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?