PHP CRLF write to file from MySQL?

[SBSP]

I have a MySQL database which i can read from using some basic PHP code.

I read the data from the MySQL tables into string then i want to write the data to file.

I found this tutorial

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<?php


echo "test";


$myFile = "testFile.txt";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
$stringData = "Bobby Bopper\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
$stringData = "Tracy Tanner\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);

?>

this basically writes the words Bobby Bopper [\n] Tracy Tanner\n to file whats the \n for ?
i assume its supposed to write CRLF for the line return but if i open it in word or notepad it
shows a block.

I think depending what character system you use to open it with it will return the line ? am i right ?

[rustypup]

it's system dependant... if you want to be sure not to have hiccups, \r\n is probably better...

[SBSP]

Thanks