Home » File System » File » Bug #1191

[2004-04-13 04:17 UTC] ieure at php dot net

Description:
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When readLine() comes to an empty line in a text file, it stops.

Reproduce code:
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while ($line = File::readLine('file')) {
print $line;
}

compare with:

$fp = fopen('file', 'r');
while ($line = fgets($fp, 1024)) {
print $line;
}
fclose($fp);

Expected result:
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The while loop should continue until all lines in 'file' have been read and
returned.

Actual result:
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The while loop stops at the first empty line in 'file'

[2004-04-13 18:57 UTC] richard at phpguru dot org

Your code is at fault, not the package.

[2004-05-19 08:02 UTC] ieure at php dot net

In what way is my code at fault?

The File documentation does not indicate any methods to
either determine the number of lines in a file, nor to
determine if there are lines left to be read.