Re: concatenating strings and \n's for mail...
| From: | CC Zona | Date: | Thu, 15 Feb 2001 03:06:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: concatenating strings and \n's for mail... | ||
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[restored to bottom-posting, for clarity]
> > > I was trying to build up a multi-line body to use with the mail
> > > command, using code similar to:
> > > $mailbody = $mailbody . '\n' . $HTTP_POST_VARS["somefield"];
<snip>
> > I think you can do it like this:
> >
> > $mailbody="$varname\n$varname2";
> That works. Hmm. I wonder why the concatenation didn't?
Because '\n' is a string consisting of a backslash followed by the letter
n, while "\n" is a newline character. Gotta use double-quotes.
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CC