That's nice but it doesn't fix the blank lines it just skips them in the file parse. I think he wants to clean the file. If the file gets big, he could take a performance hit skipping multiple lines. Thanx Aaron N Wagner Monitoring Systems and Network Tools CCO-Command Center Operations 804.515.6298 > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Robinson [mailto:kenrbnsn@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:54 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Delete Blank Lines In A Text File > > Quoting Christopher Deeley <chrisdeeleyuk@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > Does anyone know how to use PHP to delete blank lines in a > text file. I use > > a text file to store usernames and passwords but with > adding and deleting > > users, blank lines appear which returns an undefined offset > error when the > > 'verify user script' tries to read each line of the text file. > > Here's a short script: > <?php > $input = file('your_input_file.here'); // read file into > the array $input > $fp = fopen('your_output_file.here'); > foreach ($input as $line) > if (trim($line) != '') fwrite($line); // if the line > isn't blank write > it out > fclose($fp); > ?> > > > Ken > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx