When do I use the PHP constant "PHP_EOL"?

php eol
Christian Oudard picture Christian Oudard · Sep 24, 2008 · Viewed 376.7k times · Source

When is it a good idea to use PHP_EOL?

I sometimes see this in code samples of PHP. Does this handle DOS/Mac/Unix endline issues?

Answer

Adam Bellaire picture Adam Bellaire · Sep 24, 2008

Yes, PHP_EOL is ostensibly used to find the newline character in a cross-platform-compatible way, so it handles DOS/Unix issues.

Note that PHP_EOL represents the endline character for the current system. For instance, it will not find a Windows endline when executed on a unix-like system.

Related questions

PHP Echo Line Breaks

What's the difference between \n and \r (I know it has something to do with OS), and what's the best way to echo a line break that will work cross platform? EDIT: In response to Jarod, I'll be using ths …

Read More
How do I check if a string contains a specific word?

Consider: $a = 'How are you?'; if ($a contains 'are') echo 'true'; Suppose I have the code above, what is the correct way to write the statement if ($a contains 'are')?

Read More
Get the full URL in PHP

I use this code to get the full URL: $actual_link = 'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; The problem is that I use some masks in my .htaccess, so what we see in the URL is not always …

Read More