Adding to an array works one way but not another

Greetings!

I have this script


<?php

$f1 = file('file-one.txt');
$f2 = file('file-two.txt');

//$f1 = file('sidemenu_top.txt');
//$f2 = file('sidemenu_bottom.txt');


foreach ($f1 as $f1Lines => $f1) {
$nf[$f1Lines] = $f1;
}


for ($midFile=($f1Lines+1);$midFile<=($f1Lines+1)+10;$midFile++) {
$nf[$midFile] = $midFile;
}


foreach ($f2 as $f2Lines => $f2) {
$idx = $f2Lines + $midFile;
$nf[$idx] = $f2;
}

echo "<pre>\n";
echo print_r($nf);
echo "</pre>\n";

?>


My first attempt was with file-one and file-two which are like this:
file-one.txt

apples
oranges
grapes
strawberries


file-two.txt
dog
cat
mouse
zebra


and I get the results:
Array
(
[0] => apples

[1] => oranges

[2] => grapes

[3] => strawberries
[4] => 4
[5] => 5
[6] => 6
[7] => 7
[8] => 8
[9] => 9
[10] => 10
[11] => 11
[12] => 12
[13] => 13
[14] => 14
[15] => dog

[16] => cat

[17] => mouse

[18] => zebra
)


But when I use the other two files:
sidemenu_top.txt
<!--

/*
Configure menu styles below
NOTE: To edit the link colors, go to the STYLE tags and edit the ssm2Items colors
*/
YOffset=150; // no quotes!!
XOffset=0;
staticYOffset=30; // no quotes!!
slideSpeed=20 // no quotes!!
waitTime=100; // no quotes!! this sets the time the menu stays out for after the mouse goes off it.
menuBGColor="black";
menuIsStatic="yes"; //this sets whether menu should stay static on the screen
menuWidth=150; // Must be a multiple of 10! no quotes!!
menuCols=2;
hdrFontFamily="verdana";
hdrFontSize="2";
hdrFontColor="white";
hdrBGColor="#170088";
hdrAlign="left";
hdrVAlign="center";
hdrHeight="15";
linkFontFamily="Verdana";
linkFontSize="2";
linkBGColor="white";
linkOverBGColor="#FFFF99";
linkTarget="_top";
linkAlign="Left";
barBGColor="#444444";
barFontFamily="Verdana";
barFontSize="2";
barFontColor="white";
barVAlign="center";
barWidth=20; // no quotes!!
barText="SIDE MENU"; // <IMG> tag supported. Put exact html for an image to show.

///////////////////////////

// ssmItems[...]=[name, link, target, colspan, endrow?] - leave 'link' and 'target' blank to make a header

And sidemenu_bottom.txt (there is a blank line at the beginning of that file)


buildMenu();

//-->

I get this for a result:

Array
(
[0] =>
)


I'm uber perplexed! :eek: Why does it work one way and not the other??

Looks to me like you're simply merging two arrays together.
Depending on how you view this depends on what the problem is. If you are viewing this as a result in your browser, you will not get any output. The first line (offset 0) in your first file is '<!--' which of course now makes everything to follow a comment. Always check the source.
There is no reason for this type of work to put together two arrays (if you need them as arrays).

$f1 = file('file1.txt');
$f2 = file('file2.txt');

$aFileArray = array_merge($f1, $f2);

Or, if you need this to be a string, you can use file_get_contents, or fpassthru to sweep up the entire file into a string and append it to a variable.