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PHP and JavaScript: problem with echo()-ing unwanted line breaks

Hi, All.

I'm trying to use PHP to read data from file, and then write it into a JavaScript array (which will be used to create a "news-ticker" bar on the page). The problem is that the PHP echo() function is inserting unwanted line breaks after the quote-mark which starts a string, leading to an "unterminated string literal" error. Example:

Code:

var storyLinks = new Array( "<?php global $lastThree; echo($lastThree[1][1]); ?>",

"<?php global $lastThree; echo($lastThree[2][1]); ?>",

"<?php global $lastThree; echo($lastThree[0][1]); ?>");

Produces the following:

Code:

var storyLinks = new Array( "

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2251354.ece",

"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6348049.stm",

"

http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2258798.ece");

I also get a very similar result if I use a single PHP echo() statement, echo()-ing the quotes and commas as well.

Does anyone know a solution to this, please?

Thanks,
Rob

PS - phpinfo() tells me that I'm using PHP 4.4.4 on Apache 1.3.33 (if that makes a difference).

PHP Code:




<?php
global $lastThree;
echo "var storyLinks = new Array( \"{$lastThree[1][1]}\", \"{$lastThree[2][1]}\", \"{$lastThree[0][1]}\");";
?>

and if that doesn't work:

PHP Code:




<?php
global $lastThree;
echo "var storyLinks = new Array( \"" 
     . trim($lastThree[1][1]) 
     . "\", \""
     . trim($lastThree[2][1])
     . "\", \""
     . trim($lastThree[0][1])
     . "\");";
?>

Thanks muchly - trim (or rather ltrim) was what I needed.

Yours,
Rob