PHP write into file "/n" not working -

i tried fixes have seen on stack , other websites not working me, code

$date = date('l js f y h:i:s a'); $file = 'glog.txt';     if (!file_exists($file))      {         $myfile = fopen($file, "w");         echo '<i class="green">'.$file.' created </i><br>';     }     $text = file_get_contents($file);     $text .= "$date\n"; // tried $text .= $date."\n";     file_put_contents($file, $text); 

and get

tuesday 21st july 2015 08:07:03 amtuesday 21st july 2015 08:07:16 

how this

tuesday 21st july 2015 08:07:03 tuesday 21st july 2015 08:07:16 

use php_eol; new line

 $text .= "$date".php_eol;