> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 20:11, Olga wrote: >> > ---- >> > Actually, php doesn't do that, the code in your php program does that >> > and thus, you can adjust the code to do what you want. >> > >> > Craig >> > >> > >> >> You are right, it's the php code. But I don't see anything wrong with >> the >> following: >> >> $x=0; >> $ar=array(); >> $f = fopen ("../employee.txt", "r"); >> while (!feof ($f)) { >> $ar[$x] = fgets($f, 4096); >> $x++; >> } >> >> The count of $ar returns 4 even though there are actually 3 records. So >> I >> am not sure if you would call it an expected behaviour. > ---- > I've not programmed in php in a very long time and my proficiency is > nada. But it would seem to me that all you need is an if statement to > check whether $f is an empty string ("") and then exit the while > statement OR however you are creating employee.txt, to get it to omit > the last LF instead of adding it. > > Craig > Yes, I agree with you - I can either adjust the code or get back to my original question. :) How do I get an editor to not insert the trailing blank line ( LF line) rather than add it (with such editors as vi and nano)?