Re: Getting false positive on strpos ... despite doublecheck... HELP!

----- Original Message ----- From: "-{ Rene Brehmer }-" <metalbunny@metalbunny.net> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 12:54 PM Subject: [PHP] Getting false positive on strpos ... despite doublecheck... HELP! > Hi y'all > > I'm working on the read function for my guestbook, but I'm getting a false > positive on the check for the date string. It reads a text file, checks > for line headers, and then writes the HTML according to what it finds ... > really simple, and works beautifully, except that I get an extra date at > the end, which I can't figure out where comes from. > ---snip--- > > It interprets the text correctly 100%, BUT I get a false positive date > check at the end of the file, which results in an extra (today's) date. > Extract of resulting HTML (last part): > > <span class="ylwbld">On 5 January 2003 21.17.18 +0100, Knap Knapstrup</a> > of city, country wrote:</span><br> > <span class="whttxt">Adder badder, pladder madder. Adder badder, pladder > madder. Adder badder, pladder madder. Adder badder, pladder madder. Adder > badder, pladder madder. Adder badder, pladder madder. Adder badder, > pladder madder. Adder badder, pladder madder. Adder badder, pladder > madder. Adder badder, pladder madder.</span><br> > <span class="ylwbld">Link:</span> <a > href="http://www.anotherlink.ext" > target="_new" class="ylwlink">www.anotherlink.ext</a><br> > <hr width="85%" color="#ffffff" noshade align="center"> > <span class="ylwbld">On 17 March 2003 00.00.00 +0100, > > ^^^NOTE THE LAST LINE!!! > It's not supposed to be there ... Can anyone tell me how to avoid it, and > possibly what causes it??? > > Side-remark: The text-file is to be written from entries in a form I > haven't coded yet. Like I said in the top, some of the fields are > optional, and the read script is made to compensate for this. > > TIA > > Rene > -- > Rene Brehmer > > This message was written on 100% recycled spam. > > Come see! My brand new site is now online! > http://www.metalbunny.net Rene, I copied and pasted your code into a test file and ran it on my server. It worked just fine for me.. no extra date line at the bottom. Don't know what to say. - Kevin