How to delete the last element of an array if it is empty

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Below is the print_r version of my array ($hamle). As you can see index(80) is empty or there is a end of line or a similar character there. I tried many options to delete it if it exists and is empty but couldn't do it. I strongly think that it is reading an empty line during the 'read while' loop. It doesn't appear in all files. It appears sometimes. Can anyone think of a chic way out?

Array ( [0] => 1.b4 [1] => d5 [2] => 2.Bb2 [3] => Qd6 [4] => 3.a3 [5] => e5 [6] => 4.e3 [7] => a5 [8] => 5.b5 [9] => Nf6 [10] => 6.c4 [11] => Bg4 [12] => 7.Be2 [13] => Bxe2 [14] => 8.Qxe2 [15] => Nbd7 [16] => 9.d4 [17] => dxc4 [18] => 10.Nf3 [19] => e4 [20] => 11.Ne5 [21] => Nb6 [22] => 12.Nd2 [23] => Qe6 [24] => 13.O-O [25] => Bd6 [26] => 14.Nexc4 [27] => Nxc4 [28] => 15.Nxc4 [29] => O-O [30] => 16.Rfc1 [31] => Be7 [32] => 17.a4 [33] => Nd5 [34] => 18.Ba3 [35] => Bb4 [36] => 19.Qb2 [37] => Rfc8 [38] => 20.Bxb4 [39] => axb4 [40] => 21.Nd2 [41] => c6 [42] => 22.b6 [43] => Qe7 [44] => 23.Rc5 [45] => Ra6 [46] => 24.a5 [47] => g6 [48] => 25.Nb3 [49] => Rca8 [50] => 26.Rac1 [51] => Kg7 [52] => 27.Qd2 [53] => Qd6 [54] => 28.R1c4 [55] => Rd8 [56] => 29.Rxb4 [57] => Nxb4 [58] => 30.Qxb4 [59] => Qe7 [60] => 31.h3 [61] => Rd5 [62] => 32.Kf1 [63] => Ra8 [64] => 33.Qa4 [65] => Qd6 [66] => 34.Ke2 [67] => Kf8 [68] => 35.Rxd5 [69] => cxd5 [70] => 36.Nc5 [71] => Ke7 [72] => 37.Qb5 [73] => Rb8 [74] => 38.Kd2 [75] => f5 [76] => 39.Kc3 [77] => g5 [78] => 40.Kb4 [79] => 1-0 [80] => )

The code =>

while(! feof($file))
  {


 $n=$n+1;
            $hamle1= fgets($file);
    $hamle1 = str_replace("\n", "", $hamle1);
    $hamle1 = str_replace("\r", "", $hamle1);
    $hamle1 = trim($hamle1);
    $hamle1 = explode(" ", $hamle1);

        foreach($hamle1 as $item)
    {
        $hamle[] = $item;
    }

Please post your code. Also, prettifying your array would also help. — Amous
– Amous, Commented May 10, 2016 at 2:50
var_dump($item), possibly even var_dump(bin2hex($item)) – what exactly does "empty" mean here? — deceze
– deceze ♦, Commented May 10, 2016 at 3:06
If you are using trim function then no need to use str_replace("\n", "", $hamle1); str_replace("\r", "", $hamle1) — AsgarAli
– AsgarAli, Commented May 10, 2016 at 3:21

David D · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-10 03:22:47Z

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array_filter will remove empty entries

$hamle = array_filter($hamle);

answered May 10, 2016 at 3:22

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mickmackusa Over a year ago

...and any entries that seem empty like 0, false, etc.

AsgarAli · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-10 03:29:01Z

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To delete the last element of array if it's empty then use below code.

// get the last element of array
if(trim(end($hamle)) == '')
{
   // Remove last element from array
   array_pop($hamle) ;
}

Kindly visit below links to understand the functions which are used in above code.

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end

array_pop

answered May 10, 2016 at 3:29

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