On 8/24/05, Jay Blanchard <jay.blanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [snip] > I seem to be having trouble with \n and \r in variables. I write my > code on a linux box, and the server is linux. So I should always have > \n\r, no? Is there a way the I could print $variable; and have it show > me the /n and /r 's ? I tried with a srt_replace() on /n and on /r, > but they do not get replaced. I also tried escaping the backslash, > then double escaping that as was suggested somewhere in the > php.net/manual, then triple escaping! > > Thanks ahead of time for any insight. > [/snip] > > Print to the screen? You could enclose them in single quotes '\n\r'. Are > you tring to make these work in a web browser? Because if so it'll never > happen, they do not show up. (but you can see the result when you view > source) Anything output to the browser to represent this should have a > <br> or <br /> > I want to explode on newline in a text file, but explode("\n\r", $ducks) wasn't doing it, so I thought that it would be good if I could see where these ascaped characters are. I thought that Kate has a see [tab|space|newline|carrage return] checkbox, but that must have been in a different program. In Jochem's post I see the mistake that I made. I should have googled for that before I asked. The str_replace in that post worked, and now I see where I erred. Thanks. Dotan http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/106/cantrell_jerry.php Cantrell, Jerry Song Lyrics -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php