problem with fwrite and parsing the written file

Hi there! I'am new to this list and half a year old with php - from Germany - webprogramming- student - family - job - hardworking all the time ;-( ;-) So far... Hope, someone can help me: I write a file with fwrite. If I parse it with an preg_replace array, the parsing does not work correct - it does not do the regex as it should. If I get the same file from the webserver on my computer, open it, add a return \n, save it, delete the same return, save it again and put it on the server again the parsing works ok. So what? I really don't know... Where is the logic? Thanks to all replies! Yours, Marc --------------------------- http://www.marcmittag.de/ mittag@marcmittag.de