i'm using this code to write text into n.aliases.php at the correct spot (*ENTER TXT HERE*):

PHP Code:

$fn = "n.aliases.php";
$cont = file_get_contents($fn);
$clrf = fopen($fn,'w');
$etp = "*ENTER TXT HERE*";
$trw = "\$lion = \"lioness\";";
$cont = str_replace("$etp", "\n$trw\n$etp", $cont);
fputs($clrf, $cont); 


and it all works fine.. except this line:

PHP Code:

$cont = str_replace("$etp", "\n$trw\n$etp", $cont); 


- i want it to break the line at the "\n" marks.. but it doesn't do that, and instead, i just get a huge block of text

am i doing something wrong?

What OS are you looking at? Windows uses \n\r, Unix uses \n and Macs use \r (OSX, you can use either \n or \r).