Line Breaks \n Not Working Correctly

[hunterjm]

I am in the process of trying to send a confirmation email through PHP from an online form. I have the following code in my page all on one line...

$message = "School Grade completed May 2003: ".$requiredgrade."\nName of School: ".$requiredschool_name."\nT-shirt Size: ".$requiredtshirt_size."\n\n";

The problem comes when I check the email that is sent and I receive the following all on one line...

School Grade completed May 2004: 3rd Grade Name of School: EHS T-shirt Size: Youth Medium 10-12

Sometimes the \n line breaks work fine. Other times they do not. Anyone else ever had this problem? Please help if you have any ideas.

Thanks!

 

[buzzt]

Just a shot in the dark, but could it be the email client that is the problem (and not the code)?

 

[Skute]

Or you could try:

\r\n



Skute

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[sleipnir214]

The problem is that HTML ignores carriage returns and linefeeds (both "\n" and "\r\n"). Instead you must use "<br>".

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[hunterjm]

Okay. The problem has been solved. From doing some other research, I have found that buzzt was correct. The problem was that Outlook was removing some of the line breaks just for fun. I uncheck the option under Tools > Options > Email Options and all is well now. I have Outlook 2003. I am not sure if this is an issue with previous versions. I have never had a problem until now.