RE: [PHP] FILE () STRIPS BLANKS FROM THE ARRAY - HOW CAN I STOP IT
| From: | Mark Roedel | Date: | Mon, 07 May 2001 15:45:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] FILE () STRIPS BLANKS FROM THE ARRAY - HOW CAN I STOP IT | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Lepore [mailto:jayleporehsd@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 7:41 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] FILE () STRIPS BLANKS FROM THE ARRAY - HOW CAN
> I STOP IT
>
>
> I have an ASCII fixed width text file I'm trying to convert
> to an array of fields. But I need to keep the spaces intact
> so I know exactly where one field ends and another begins.
>
> Do you know of any way to modify the default behavior of
> file() which strips the blanks spaces out when returning the
> array?
I haven't ever seen file() work that way. Are you sure this isn't a
simple case of the web browser collapsing whitespace when displaying an
HTML page? (Hint: "view source" is your friend when you're wanting to
see exactly what the output of your script was.)
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