fputcsv and newline codes

Question

I\'m using fputcsv in PHP to output a comma-delimited file of a database query. When opening the file in gedit in Ubuntu, it looks correct - each record has a line break (no

Answer 1

As webbiedave pointed out (thx!) probably the cleanest way is to use a stream filter.

It is a bit more complex than other solutions, but even works on streams that are not editable after writing to them (like a download using $handle = fopen('php://output', 'w'); )

Here is my approach:

class StreamFilterNewlines extends php_user_filter {
    function filter($in, $out, &$consumed, $closing) {

        while ( $bucket = stream_bucket_make_writeable($in) ) {
            $bucket->data = preg_replace('/([^\r])\n/', "$1\r\n", $bucket->data);
            $consumed += $bucket->datalen;
            stream_bucket_append($out, $bucket);
        }
        return PSFS_PASS_ON;
    }
}

stream_filter_register("newlines", "StreamFilterNewlines");
stream_filter_append($handle, "newlines");

fputcsv($handle, $list, $seperator, $enclosure);
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