PHP match_preg_all error (Found sulution)

Question

I'm currently working on a hit counter that counts whenever a new visitor visits the page, So for each new visitor i create a new .txt file.

The file is stored as "hits/".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].".txt".

Here's my code:

<?php
$visits = 0;
$hits = 0;

$fileResource = @fopen("hits/".$remote_addr.".txt","w+");
fwrite($fileResource,
"IP Adress:".$remote_addr."
Timestamp:".time().""
);

$fileResource = @fopen("hits/".$remote_addr.".txt","r");
$fileContent = @fread($fileResource,100000);

preg_match_all("/(.*):(.*)\n/i",$fileContent,$fileMatches);

foreach(glob("hits/*.txt") as $hit){
$hits++;
}
?>

So what i am trying to do is:

1. Grab the contents from the file (Done)
2. Format it so it can be displayed in an Admin Panel by getting what's between ":" and \n (Need help)
3. Display it on the Admin Panel

EDIT: i was playing around with the preg_match_all(), And i found the sulution. It was as easy as removing the \n

Answer 1

try replacing \n with \\n in your match expression. \n is literal character n. \n is literal \ followed by n.