diff --git a/sse.php b/sse.php
index da659d7..1981e36 100644
--- a/sse.php
+++ b/sse.php
@@ -197,29 +197,33 @@ class sse
       // Try to get data from backends
       foreach ($this->files as $event => $filePath)
       {
-        $data = $this->backendGet ($event);
-        if ($data === false)
+        $lines = $this->backendGet ($event);
+        if ($lines === false)
           continue;
-        $data = rtrim ($data);
-        if (key_exists ($event, $this->handlers) &&
-             is_callable ($this->handlers[$event]))
+        $lines = rtrim ($lines);
+        // As data may contains multiple lines, split them
+        foreach (explode ("\n", $lines) as $line)
         {
-          $array = array ($data);
-          if (key_exists ($event, $this->handlersParams))
-            $array = array_merge ($array, $this->handlersParams[$event]);
-          $data = call_user_func_array ($this->handlers[$event], $array);
+          if (key_exists ($event, $this->handlers) &&
+               is_callable ($this->handlers[$event]))
+          {
+            $array = array ($line);
+            if (key_exists ($event, $this->handlersParams))
+              $array = array_merge ($array, $this->handlersParams[$event]);
+            $line = call_user_func_array ($this->handlers[$event], $array);
+          }
+          if ($line === false)
+            continue;
+          // If the event is data, do not display "event:data", but data:
+          // immediately
+          if ($event !== "data")
+          {
+            echo "event: $event\n";
+            $event = "data";
+          }
+          echo "$event: ".implode ("\n$event: ", explode ("\n", rtrim ($line))).
+               "\n\n";
         }
-        if ($data === false)
-          continue;
-        // If the event is data, do not display "event:data", but data:
-        // immediately
-        if ($event !== "data")
-        {
-          echo "event: $event\n";
-          $event = "data";
-        }
-        echo "$event: ".implode ("\n$event: ", explode ("\n", rtrim ($data))).
-             "\n\n";
       }
       if (defined ("PHPUNIT"))
       {