PHP - print string with control characters

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Is there any way to have PHP output a string with the \r\n and \n's as actual text instead of linebreaks? I'm seeing an interesting issue where an explode() on \n's isn't running properly on a Windows server...

EDIT: The \r\n's are coming from a user pressing enter when typing into a textarea so there's nothing for me to escape...

Instead of an actual linebreak, have it actually output the characters "\n" for example... — BenGC
– BenGC, Commented Jul 18, 2011 at 1:38

Paul · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-18 01:50:08Z

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echo str_replace(array("\n", "\r"), array('\n', '\r'), $input);

edited Jul 18, 2011 at 1:50

answered Jul 18, 2011 at 1:40

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kazinix · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-18 01:35:12Z

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Escape them before printing.

echo '\\r\\n';

answered Jul 18, 2011 at 1:35

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rcravens · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-18 01:35:16Z

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Did you try escaping your slashes with another slash?

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Dejan Marjanović · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-18 01:40:40Z

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Try

$string = str_replace(array("\r", "\n"), array('\r', '\n'), $string);

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answered Jul 18, 2011 at 1:35

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