CRLF Problem writing ASCII Flat File

Using Linux 7.2/PHP 4/Apache. I'm using the following code snippet to process the POST of a form that sends $UserID and $Password: <?php $CryptPassword = md5($Password); \\encrypt the password $TheFile = "/path/.htpasswd"; \\Set the file name/path $Data = "$UserID:$CryptPassword\n\r"; \\ Setting the data stream for the write $FilePointer = fopen($TheFile, "a"); \\open the file fwrite($FilePointer, $Data); \\write the data stream fclose ($FilePointer); \\close the file ?> to write to .htpasswd with the following format/layout: userid:passwd userid:passwd userid:passwd userid:passwd userid:passwd However, the data appears in the file without the carriage return or new lines in the file as follows: userid:passwd userid:passwd userid:passwd userid:passwd userid:passwd userid:passwd userid:passwd How can I write the carriage returns to the file so that they show up via vi or via windows notepad? ALSO, will Apache and .htpasswd deal with md5() passwords, or do I need to limit myself to the crypt() function? TIA