Never mind everyone, I figured it out. In this line:
$data_line = implode($separator, $data_array)."\n";
I was adding a newline when I didn't need too.
Jason
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 17:03, Jason Giangrande wrote:
> I have written this function to rewrite the contents of a text file
> after it's been updated. I store lines of data in an array and then
> implode them into one string. The problem is that I'm getting an extra
> line break (in other words a blank line is showing up in my text file)
> after I modify a particular line. I checked the imploded string with
> var_dump and don't see any line breaks besides the ones that separate
> each line. Anyone have any ideas as to why I'm getting an extra line
> break? The function is below with the code that calls it below that.
>
> Jason
>
> // Rewrite data file from array of file lines
> function rewrite_file($lines) {
> $filecontents = implode("\n", $lines);
> $fh = fopen("data.txt", "w") or die("Could not open file.");
> flock($fh, LOCK_EX);
> if (fwrite($fh, $filecontents) == -1) {
> die("File could not be written to.");
> }
> ftruncate($fh, ftell($fh)) or die("Error.");
> flock($fh, LOCK_UN);
> fclose($fh) or die("Error.");
> }
>
> <-###########################################################->
>
> $uid = $_POST['id'];
> $title = stripslashes(strip_tags(trim($_POST['title'])));
> $name = array_search($username, $full_name);
> $email = array_search($username, $user_email);
> $date = $_POST['date'];
> $category = $_POST['category'];
> $article = stripslashes(trim($_POST['article']));
>
> $data_array = array($uid, $title, $name, $email, $date, $category,
> $article);
> $data_line = implode($separator, $data_array)."\n";
>
> $filelines = return_lines(); // Reads file and returns array of it's
> lines.
> for ($i = 0; $i <= count($filelines); $i++) { // loop through array in
> order
> if (strstr($filelines[$i], $uid) != FALSE) {
> $data_pos = array_search($filelines[$i], $filelines);
> array_splice($filelines, $data_pos, 1, $data_line);
> }
> }
> rewrite_file($filelines);
>
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