Date Problem with \n

Small issue with formatting a date. If I type in this:

echo date("g:i:s a \o\n l F j, Y");

the "n" character in the word "on" doesn't appear, but instead what I
get is a new line in the source code. If I type it as:

echo date("g:i:s a \on l F j, Y");

I get the number 8 (current month) where the n is supposed to be.

Is there any way to get an "n" in there?

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Kevin Murphy wrote:
> Small issue with formatting a date. If I type in this:
>
> echo date("g:i:s a \o\n l F j, Y");
>
> the "n" character in the word "on" doesn't appear, but instead what I
> get is a new line in the source code. If I type it as:
>
> echo date("g:i:s a \on l F j, Y");
>
> I get the number 8 (current month) where the n is supposed to be.
>
> Is there any way to get an "n" in there?
>

Use single quotes, then your \n will not be converted to a NL char

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On Mon, August 13, 2007 12:50 pm, Kevin Murphy wrote:
> Small issue with formatting a date. If I type in this:
>
> echo date("g:i:s a \o\n l F j, Y");
>
> the "n" character in the word "on" doesn't appear, but instead what I
> get is a new line in the source code. If I type it as:
>
> echo date("g:i:s a \on l F j, Y");
>
> I get the number 8 (current month) where the n is supposed to be.
>
> Is there any way to get an "n" in there?

As noted, apostrophes will work in this case.

If you need to embed a variable, however, you may want to re-read this
from the manual a couple times:


"You can prevent a recognized character in the format string from
being expanded by escaping it with a preceding backslash. If the
character with a backslash is already a special sequence, you may need
to also escape the backslash."

So, for example:

date("g:i:s a \o\\n l F j, Y");

Here's what happens:

PHP's string parser "eats" the "\\" and turns it into a single
back-slash: "\"

*THEN* you have "\n" being passed to the C date() function, which then
"eats" the "\n" and says:
This is then not the "n" for "Numeric representation of a month,
without leading zeros" but just a regular old "n" as text.

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