When do I use PHP_EOL instead of \n and vice-versa ? Ajax/Jquery client problem

Question

I have a php parser that split a given string by line-breaks, doing something like this:

$lines = explode(PHP_EOL,$content);

The parser wor

Answer 1

PHP_EOL is the line ending used by the server PHP is running on. User submitted content will probably have line ending in whatever format they use. However, instead of exploding on newlines, just using the file() function, it does exactly what you are after.