removing empty elements from the end of an array

[johnny5]

Can anybody tell me hopw to remove just the empty elements on the end of array.

I'm saving the array as a serialized TEXT in mysql and just want to drop redundent empty cells at the end.

need input :)

[kenrbnsn]

Take a look at the [url=http://www.php.net/array_pop]array_pop()[/url] function.

Ken

[thedarkwinter]

hi

i know this method is a pain in the... but heres what i do to get rid of all empty elements

firstly when i create the array, i create the first element as empty, so if its in an explode for example i would say

$myarray = explode("\n", "\n" . $mystring);

... and then array_unique to remove duplicates of empties

$myarray = array_unique($myarray);

... and then slice of the first elemnt

$myarray = array_slice($myarray,1);

This only works is you know that all the elements of the array are going to be unique, so it might not be best for you...

hope its helpful

[HuggieBear]

[quote]
Can anybody tell me how to remove just the empty elements on the end of array.
[/quote]

Maybe you should be looking at why you have empty elements at the end of an array in the first place ;)

Regards
Huggie

[printf]

[code=php:0]
$old_array = array ( '', 'happy', 'sad', 'mad', '' );

$new_array = array_diff ( $old_array, array ( '' ) );

print_r ( $new_array );
[/code]

me!