Posted by Curtis on 12/27/05 05:26

When reading in text files, if the file has a blank line
following text, but no text, it is apparently being ignored
on a file() call:

$lines = file($filename);
echo count($lines);

gives three lines as the count for both:

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3 <--Text stops here

and

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
<--New line but no text

This shows up as four lines:

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
<--New line but no text
<--New line but no text

A space in the last blank line makes the count correct.

This behavior is a problem when I files sequentially--if the
file has a blank line at the end, the expected behavior
would seem to me to be:

File A Line 1
File A Line 2
File A Line 3
<--Blank line
File B Line 1
File B Line 2
File B Line 3

Instead, they list as:

File A Line 1
File A Line 2
File A Line 3
File B Line 1
File B Line 2
File B Line 3

Thoughts?

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