Read from file into array

[Matthew Sims]

I see what my problem is but not sure what I need to change. I'm
reading a single number from a file that's fed into an array but the
array doesn't want to print out its output.

$oncall=array();

$oncall[1]="msims";
$oncall[2]="dtilbury";
$oncall[3]="jma";
$oncall[4]="jweaver";
$oncall[5]="cirwin";
$filename="oncall/.oncall";

$n=file_get_contents($filename);

echo "$oncall[$n]";

This prints nothing.
But when I comment out the file_get_contents and simply do $n="2" the
array prints out dtilbury like it should. My guess is the error lies
in how $n is being assigned from the file_get_contents. Any thoughts?

Much appreciation!

--Matt

[Andy Hassall]

On 6 Aug 2003 15:33:17 -0700, ma**@killermookie.org (Matthew Sims) wrote:

I see what my problem is but not sure what I need to change. I'm
reading a single number from a file that's fed into an array but the
array doesn't want to print out its output.

$oncall=array();

$oncall[1]="msims";
$oncall[2]="dtilbury";
$oncall[3]="jma";
$oncall[4]="jweaver";
$oncall[5]="cirwin";
$filename="oncall/.oncall";

$n=file_get_contents($filename);

echo "$oncall[$n]";

This prints nothing.
But when I comment out the file_get_contents and simply do $n="2" the
array prints out dtilbury like it should. My guess is the error lies
in how $n is being assigned from the file_get_contents. Any thoughts?

Print out $n using var_dump or print_r. Does it contain a newline at the end?

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[James Jiao]

Hi, Matt

An easier way to check whether the returned value contains a carriage return
is to run this after $n=file_get_contents($filename):

echo "$n is this on the same line?";

If the string after $n wraps to a new line, then there is something wrong
with the return type. If $n does not print out anything at all, then either
the file get function is at fault or the $filename variable.

Hope this helps

==James==

"Matthew Sims" <ma**@killermookie.org> wrote in message
news:1e**************************@posting.google.c om...

I see what my problem is but not sure what I need to change. I'm
reading a single number from a file that's fed into an array but the
array doesn't want to print out its output.

$oncall=array();

$oncall[1]="msims";
$oncall[2]="dtilbury";
$oncall[3]="jma";
$oncall[4]="jweaver";
$oncall[5]="cirwin";
$filename="oncall/.oncall";

$n=file_get_contents($filename);

echo "$oncall[$n]";

This prints nothing.
But when I comment out the file_get_contents and simply do $n="2" the
array prints out dtilbury like it should. My guess is the error lies
in how $n is being assigned from the file_get_contents. Any thoughts?

Much appreciation!

--Matt

[Matthew Sims]

"James Jiao" <ja*******@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message news:<ri********************@news02.tsnz.net>...

Hi, Matt

An easier way to check whether the returned value contains a carriage return
is to run this after $n=file_get_contents($filename):

echo "$n is this on the same line?";

If the string after $n wraps to a new line, then there is something wrong
with the return type. If $n does not print out anything at all, then either
the file get function is at fault or the $filename variable.

Hope this helps

==James==

"Matthew Sims" <ma**@killermookie.org> wrote in message
news:1e**************************@posting.google.c om...

I see what my problem is but not sure what I need to change. I'm
reading a single number from a file that's fed into an array but the
array doesn't want to print out its output.

$oncall=array();

$oncall[1]="msims";
$oncall[2]="dtilbury";
$oncall[3]="jma";
$oncall[4]="jweaver";
$oncall[5]="cirwin";
$filename="oncall/.oncall";

$n=file_get_contents($filename);

echo "$oncall[$n]";

This prints nothing.
But when I comment out the file_get_contents and simply do $n="2" the
array prints out dtilbury like it should. My guess is the error lies
in how $n is being assigned from the file_get_contents. Any thoughts?

Much appreciation!

--Matt

Thanks for the response. I did both tests to see what $n looks like.

I did var_dump ($n) with this output:
string(2) "2 "
Is that really a space after the 2? There's no space inside the file
being read.

I did print_r ($n) with this output:
2
Can't tell if that space is there

And I also did echo "$n is this on the same line"; with this output:
2 is this on the same line
Doesn't look like the space is there

It seems $n is being assigned properly. But when I stick $n into the
$oncall array it still prints out nothing.

echo "$oncall[$n]";
Prints nothing.

[Matthew Sims]

"James Jiao" <ja*******@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message news:<ri********************@news02.tsnz.net>...

Hi, Matt

An easier way to check whether the returned value contains a carriage return
is to run this after $n=file_get_contents($filename):

echo "$n is this on the same line?";

If the string after $n wraps to a new line, then there is something wrong
with the return type. If $n does not print out anything at all, then either
the file get function is at fault or the $filename variable.

Hope this helps

==James==

"Matthew Sims" <ma**@killermookie.org> wrote in message
news:1e**************************@posting.google.c om...

I see what my problem is but not sure what I need to change. I'm
reading a single number from a file that's fed into an array but the
array doesn't want to print out its output.

$oncall=array();

$oncall[1]="msims";
$oncall[2]="dtilbury";
$oncall[3]="jma";
$oncall[4]="jweaver";
$oncall[5]="cirwin";
$filename="oncall/.oncall";

$n=file_get_contents($filename);

echo "$oncall[$n]";

This prints nothing.
But when I comment out the file_get_contents and simply do $n="2" the
array prints out dtilbury like it should. My guess is the error lies
in how $n is being assigned from the file_get_contents. Any thoughts?

Much appreciation!

--Matt

In addition to performing the tests stated above, I also tried the following:

$fp=fopen($filename,"r");
$n=fread($fp, 2);
fclose($fp);

Same results, no change.

[David Robley]

In article <1e**************************@posting.google.com >,
ma**@killermookie.org says...

I got it to work!!

After posting my last reply here I tried one more adjustment:

$fp=fopen($filename,"r");
$n=fread($fp, 1);
fclose($fp);

And now the whole process works.

For some reason, when reading the number from the file it always
placed a space at the end of the number despite the fact that there is
no space after the number in the file.

Thanks to those that opened up my troubleshooting more.

As has previously been suggested, the extra character is a newline, not a
space. It will appear as a space if you view it in output in a browser,
but if you do a view source on a document containing it you'll see it as a
newline.

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