Issue with new line using markdown in Slack notification...

According to the Laravel docs you can parse markdown in Slack using...

$attachment->title('Exception: File Not Found', $url)
    ->content('File [background.jpg] was *not found*.')
    ->markdown(['text']);

Also in the documentation you are directed to Slack's formatting page for more info on how to format Slack notifications here:

There is says you can add new lines of text by doing this...

You can use multi-line text in app-generated text. Insert a newline by including the string \n in your text.

$attachment->title('Exception: File Not Found', $url)
    ->content('This is a line of text.\nAnd this is another one.')
    ->markdown(['text']);

Suffice it to say this doesn't work. No new line, it just outputs "This is a line of text.\nAnd this is another one." in the Slack message. =T

Does anyone know how I can add a new line in my Slack notification content? Is it possible?

Best Answer

Level 102

Can you try using "" around content instead of ''

$attachment->title('Exception: File Not Found', $url)
    ->content("This is a line of text.\nAnd this is another one.")
    ->markdown(['text']);

Level 67

@sinnbeck Bah! I should've caught that! Yes, that of course works. Thanks!

Level 102

Happy to help :)

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