On Tuesday 16 July 2002 21:53, Dave [Hawk-Systems] wrote:
> $users=file('.users');
> # puts users in the file into an array so we can
> # check for valid or priv users with
> if(in_array($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_USER"], $users)){}
>
> # we add additional users to the .users file with the following
> $users[]=$newuser;
> # adds the new user to the end of the above created users array
> # then write the array to the file
> $fd = fopen (".users", "w+");
> fwrite ($fd, join("\n",$users));
> fclose ($fd);
>
> the problem is after adding users, only the last user returns the user name
> in the array, all the other users have an additional "/n" at the end of
> them, which causes the check to barf.

Well, if you RTFM, you'll know that file() "returns the file in an array ... 
with the newline still attached". So one possible solution is after using 
file(), loop through $users and remove the trailing "\n".


> I want to ensure that the .users file is in;
>
> user1
> user2
> user3
>
> ...format, am I missing something in the reconstruction of the users file
> that can eliminate the "\n" being placed into the array on the next file()
> call?


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