I have a php CLI script and cannot get the output to break on new lines. I do
echo 'this is my text\r\n'; echo 'next line';
This gives
this is my text\r\nnext line
Any ideas about how to get the output on different lines?
Use double quotes instead. ".
"
Escape sequences are only parsed when inside double quotes, not single quotes.
http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php
Use double quotes ".
echo "next line\n";
Additional you can use the system-dependent constant PHP_EOL
PHP_EOL
echo "this is my text" . PHP_EOL;
Better not to concatenate anything in PHP, because it may lead to unexpected results, instead use a comma:
echo 'Text with new line' , PHP_EOL;
This will be faster too by the way: not concatenating and avoiding parsed double quotes.