[Resolved] What are these funny symbols?

[simmosn]

I've written some code to generate a "he said she said etc" forum sig from text files. But after every variable there is a funny symbol. Any one have any ideas what they are and how to get rid of them? (the funny 'vt' one)

link to the problem here:

[peppeto]

Can you post your code please

[simmosn]

<?php
$file = "1.txt";
$contents = file($file);
$read1     = mt_rand(0,(count($contents)-1));
$line1 = $contents[$read1];

$file = "2.txt";
$contents = file($file);
$read2     = mt_rand(0,(count($contents)-1));
$line2 = $contents[$read2];

$file = "3.txt";
$contents = file($file);
$read3     = mt_rand(0,(count($contents)-1));
$line3 = $contents[$read3];

$file = "4.txt";
$contents = file($file);
$read4     = mt_rand(0,(count($contents)-1));
$line4 = $contents[$read4];

$file = "5.txt";
$contents = file($file);
$read5     = mt_rand(0,(count($contents)-1));
$line5 = $contents[$read5];

$file = "6.txt";
$contents = file($file);
$read6     = mt_rand(0,(count($contents)-1));
$line6 = $contents[$read6];

$file = "7.txt";
$contents = file($file);
$read7     = mt_rand(0,(count($contents)-1));
$line7 = $contents[$read7];

$file = "8.txt";
$contents = file($file);
$read8     = mt_rand(0,(count($contents)-1));
$line8 = $contents[$read8];

$height = 75;
$width = 300;
$im = ImageCreate($width, $height);
$txt = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 0, 0, 0);
$bg = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 150, 203, 0);
ImageFill($im, 0, 0, $bg);

$text = $line1." met ".$line2." ".$line3;
ImageString($im, 2, 5, 2, "$text",   $txt);
ImageString($im, 2, 5, 13, "$line4", $txt);
ImageString($im, 2, 5, 24, "$line5", $txt);
ImageString($im, 2, 5, 35, "$line6", $txt);
ImageString($im, 2, 5, 46, "$line7", $txt);
ImageString($im, 2, 5, 57, "$line8", $txt);

header ('Content-type: image/png');
ImagePng ($im);
ImageDestroy($im);
?> 

[peppeto]

It seems like he is reading ; strange do you have in .tzt files ;

[simmosn]

this is the exact content of 1.txt

Orvil
Milo
Jed
Horacio
Hank
Rolland
Waldo
Jarred
Dorian
Burt
Trey
Trent
Sonny
Kurtis
Dirk

http://www.smos.co.uk/rand.php

[simmosn]

Hmmm, the problem is wierd. If you keep refreshing http://www.smos.co.uk/rand.php then sometimes the symbols dont appear, although 95% of the time they do 😕

[simmosn]

Worked out the symbols symbolise the return charachter. The only one not displaying the symbol is the one at the end of the file.

Does any one know how to correct this? I am running out of ideas.

[qo2o]

str_replace( "\n", "", $string);
should work, right?

edit:
if that doesnt work, this may
$string = substr($string, 0, -2);

edit again:
just do what the person below me says =D

[agoe]

or
$string = trim($string);