I have searched google for a few hours regarding this issue. I'm using WAMP which uses php 5.3.0 under the command line, since I'm modifying apache via script/php cli, I'm stuck with this version.

So far, everthing I have researched has not worked under windows xp or this version of php.

nr2bl()
\n
\n\r

or
/n
/n/r

Using these special characters appears in the conf file which would ultimately break apache.

Also note the title, I'm not formatting for web. So <pre> tags and storing this in a database are out of the question.

fwrite breaks under php 5.3.0. Can't close the file. I keep getting a resource error. Apprently more research has concluded this to be a bug under this version



Everything works, it just appears in one line.

Conf Input:

Your telling me something like this wont work? If its not working its an issue with your php.ini config...

Seeing as \n is parsed in PHP as a new line item.. it would "fwrite" the file contents, then would parse the \n as a new line. and begin writting the next conf to the next line.




Have you tried using an associative array and writing the contents of the array to the file vs using .=?

IE:

1. There are no new lines in the $conf variable as you have it written there.
2. If you were to add "\n" to them, you need to make sure to not use single quotes.

Try:

ref: http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php

I have tried both methods suggested. Both output the squarish special characters [] and the data is still on one line. Unfortunately, I can't copy and paste that part of the input.

duhh i should of noticed that..

Windows = made of fail.

What rc69 gave you should work

Try:

\r\n shows the characters as well.

"\r\n" is how new lines are supposed to be done on Windows. If they don't work, then i don't know what else to try.

I guess you could try looking at the following comment on php.net, but i doubt it will help any:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-put...tents.php#91793

As an aside: If you open the file in Wordpad instead of Notepad, you should see everything as it's supposed to be (on new lines, without the square characters).

I believe what I'll have to do is create wild cards, %ip and use preg_replace to replace those values. Because doing it this way:



appears to work the way I want it in notepad.

Edit *

This works:

That shouldn't be any different from appending the new-lines like i had it, but if it works, it works. My only suggestions are:

1. Don't use preg_replace() for such simple substitutions, use str_replace().
2. Don't use either:

I know, in php 4, I didn't have to replace characters. I remember not having to append a new line either. Perhaps it just has to do with using 5.3.0.

Putting it all in one variable was variable was what I was thinking as I was reading this.

I agree with rc69 not to use preg_replace or any other sort of regex or _replace.



then you just echo $output. You could also easily use a foreach() on it and create multiple vhosts at a time.