RE: [PHP] file() and array values contain extra \n

>On Tuesday 16 July 2002 21:53, Dave [Hawk-Systems] wrote: >> $users=file('.users'); >> # puts users in the file into an array so we can >> # check for valid or priv users with >> if(in_array($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_USER"], $users)){} >> >> # we add additional users to the .users file with the following >> $users[]=$newuser; >> # adds the new user to the end of the above created users array >> # then write the array to the file >> $fd = fopen (".users", "w+"); >> fwrite ($fd, join("\n",$users)); >> fclose ($fd); >> >> the problem is after adding users, only the last user returns the user name >> in the array, all the other users have an additional "/n" at the end of >> them, which causes the check to barf. > >Well, if you RTFM, you'll know that file() "returns the file in an array ... >with the newline still attached". So one possible solution is after using >file(), loop through $users and remove the trailing "\n". thanks, I am/was looking to avoid looping through the array unnecessarily, and simply have them removed at the time of dumping the file into the array. Dave