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Would be nice to know why my answer is downvoted... Crazy... The accepted answer is wrong, while mine is correct. It is not generally correct to say that PHP_EOL handles the issue. It can (and should) be used if reading or writing SOLELY something to / from the same system. But most of the time PHP is used to send something back to the client (which is most likely what the questioneer thought about). Again: PHP_EOL is a pure server-side constant. It does NOT (and can't) handle client side line breaks correctly. Please write a comment and tell me, if you think that I wrote something wrong.

user1854856
– user1854856

2016-07-10 17:04:14 +00:00
Commented Jul 10, 2016 at 17:04
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+1 for making a good point against the grain. I think it's lost because browsers don't render whitespace in html, so the common use would be for console applications. And as you said, in that case the line ending would be interpreted for the executing environment, which makes sense for console apps, but not client-server web applications.

Jeff Puckett
– Jeff Puckett

2016-09-22 12:02:16 +00:00
Commented Sep 22, 2016 at 12:02
Well, the answer doesn't really relate. You mention browser compatibility and sending files to other systems. Newline is relevant in text output, so browsers aren't relevant. And contrary to your main point, these text files are usually consumed on the same platform they're written on.

grantwparks
– grantwparks

2018-10-31 05:03:26 +00:00
Commented Oct 31, 2018 at 5:03

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