Mystery null value? please help

[Mojo5]

Hi, I'm trying to get this text from a datafileto be able to be validated as json in a javascript after being sent from the server.

Here's the text:

[code]1;Jan;January;Janus;31;God of Doors This month opens the year.
2;Feb;February;februo;28;purify This was a Roman month of sacrifices and purification.
3;Mar;March;Mars;31;God of War Start of year for soldiers (no fighting during winter)
4;Apr;April;aperire;30;open This is the month when trees open their leaves.
5;May;May;Maia;31;Goddess of Growth This is the month when plants really start to grow.
6;Jun;June;Juno;30;Queen of the Gods
7;Jul;July;Julius;31;Caesar Ruler of Rome He reorganised the calendar.
8;Aug;August;Augustus;31;Ruler of Rome He thought he was at least as important as Julius Caesar!
9;Sep;September;septem;30;seven Seventh month (counting from March)
10;Oct;October;octo;31;eight Eighth month (counting from March)
11;Nov;November;novem;30;nine Ninth month (counting from March)
12;Dec;December;decem;31;ten Tenth month (counting from March)[/code]

here's the php:

[code]<?php
$info = file('data.txt');
foreach ($info as $line) {
$parts = split(";", $line);
$box = $parts[2];
$lid = $parts[4];
$jstr = '[\"$box\",$lid], ';
eval("\$jstr = \"$jstr\";");
eval("\$lid = \"$lid\";");
echo $jstr;
}
?> [/code]

and here's the result:

[code]["January",31], ["February",28], ["March",31], ["April",30], ["May",31], ["June",30], ["July",31], ["August",31], ["September",30], ["October",31], ["November",30], ["December",31], ["",], ["",], ["",],[/code]

I need to get rid of the last 3 null values, but I don't know why they're there to begin with. Any help would be great!

Thanks

[matto]

are there 3 line feeds in the bottom of the file......just a thought....

[Mojo5]

Sorry, what's a line feed? I haven't heard of that before.
How do I get rid of it?

Thanks for the response

[matto]

.....are there any blank lines at the end of the file you are reading?

[matto]

Give this ago

[code]
<?php
$info = file('data.txt');
foreach ($info as $line) {
  if(strpos($line,";")) { //line contains a delimiter
    $parts = split(";", $line);
    $jstr = "[\"$parts[2]\",$parts[4]],";
    echo $jstr;
  }
}
?>
[/code]

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