Posted by Hero Wanders on 08/29/05 19:41

Hello!

> Assuming the lines are separated by \n, you can simply do:
>
> $lines = explode("\n", $text);
> $firstLine = $lines[0];
> $lastLine = array_pop($lines);

Be careful with array_pop() here!
If $lines is used later perhaps the missing line is needed.
You should either use

$firstLine = $lines[0];
$lastLine = $lines[count($lines)-1];

or

$firstLine = array_shift($lines);
$lastLine = array_pop($lines);

Greetings,
Hero Wanders

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