Stupid problem with file()

epp_b

OK, two extremely simple lines of code, and I don't know what the heck is wrong :mad:

$myFile = file("somefile.txt");
echo $myFile[0];

$myFile[0] should be outputing:

Test+Group+1:06-17-03_20-28-49,06-17-03_20-28-36,06-17-03_20-29-17,

(all on one line)

But instead, it's outputing

Test+Group+1:06-17-03_20-28-49,06-17-03_20-28-36,06-17-03_20-29-17, 06-17-03_20-28-36

As you can see it's displaying a duplicate ( :mad: :mad: :mad: )

This EXACT same code works perfectly fine in another script I have, but returns it incorrectly in the new script I'm trying to create.

I don't know how this could be a bug in PHP (it works perfectly in another script), and since this is the same code I've used, I can't see ANYTHING wrong...grrrrr.

Any help is appreciated.

tha_mink

is it possible that there is a problem with php identifying line breaks? Try this to see...

$myFile = file("somefile.txt"); 
foreach ($myFile as $line_num => $line) {
    echo "Line #<b>{$line_num}</b> : " . htmlspecialchars($line) . "<br>\n";
}

kevinsequeira

are u sure the text file doesnt have the data that way ??

what about print_r($myFile);

reg
kevin

epp_b

thanks tha_mink, you seem to have given me part of the solution.

Here is what my file consists of:

Test+Group+1:06-17-03_20-28-49,06-17-03_20-28-36,06-17-03_20-29-17,
Test+Group+2:06-17-03_21-17-48,06-17-03_20-29-06,

(with the newline at the end)

When I use the sample code tha_mink suggested, it outputed the correct data for the file.

BUT, when I use, for example:

$myFile = file("somefile.txt");
$num_lines = count($myFile);
for ($i=0;$i<$num_lines;$i++) {
   echo $myFile[$i] . "<br>";
}

It doesn't output correctly -- BUT, only in this script. If create another script with identical code, it works flawlessly! This is very frusterating, because I cannot find anything within this current script that should be causing this.