Getting Extra Line Feeds ...

[ajmaske]

Using WeBuilder 2014 Version 12.0 (12.0.0.147)

When I open existing scripts off the server I'm getting extra line feeds that didn't previously exists. When I save the script they are being saved with the modifications, so when the script is re-opened in another editor the extra line feeds are there when they previously were not.

[Nikolajs]

This problem can arise if the files have either been uploaded using the wrong transfer mode or it could be because the wrong transfer mode is used to download them. If you have upload your files using an FTP client in Binary transfer mode and then try to download these files via the built-in FTP features of your code editor which use the correct ASCII mode, you may get empty lines.

Try changing the transfer mode for PHP files.

[ajmaske]

the scripts were previously edited with Eclipse. With WeBuilder 11 I didn't have this issue, I switched between editors frequently without any issues. Now that I'm using WeBuilder 12 more frequently I'm seeing this.

[ajmaske]

I just re-opened the same script in the image in Webuilder 12 but this time using WinSCP instead of WeBuilders 12 SFTP pane and the script opened fine without the extra line feeds.

If I re-open the same script using the FileExplorer SFTP I get the extra lines.

[Andrei]

Any news on this? I'm having the same problem and it's quite annoying (using the latest version of WeBuilder).
For example it adds two line breaks after php close tag and generate header warnings. This problem has appeared recently, in the first versions of WeBuilder 2014 everything was okay.

[Aivars]

We tried to reproduce this problem but in every case the file was opened correctly. Could you put the file that WeBuilder opens incorrectly on some FTP account that doesn't contain any sensitive data and PM me the FTP data for testing? Thanks.

[ajmaske]

We tried to reproduce this problem but in every case the file was opened correctly. Could you put the file that WeBuilder opens incorrectly on some FTP account that doesn't contain any sensitive data and PM me the FTP data for testing? Thanks.

Hey Aivars ... finally sent via pm ...

in preparing I was able to find a way to reproduce every single time ...

• if you have Eclipse w/ Remote System; connect to a server and create a new .php script
• copy/paste any script contents to the new script created and save it
• close down Eclipse
• open up WeBuilder and using SFTP connect to the server and open the same script you created with Eclipse; you should have double lines extra line feeds)

every time I do this I will get the extra line feeds. If I turn around and open that exact same script again but using WinSCP/WeBulder, it will open fine. If I then save it and turn around and re-open it using WeBuilder SFTP it will now open fine with no extra line feeds.

here is a screen snip showing the above, that is, the exact same file is opened in WeBuilder twice. One editor window using WinSCP and the other editor window using SFTP file explorer ...
http://themaskes-dev.net/images/webuilder_capture.png


forgot to point out ... if one is not careful and they open a script using WeBulder SFTP and end up with the extra line feeds and then save it. Those extra line feeds will now be there regardless of the editor opening them.

[kristaps]

I was also getting an extra line feed when using SSH, but I managed to get pass this issue by removing "PHP" from "FTP Options" => "Transfer Mode" list. Hope this will help.

Using 12.0(12.0.0.148)

[ajmaske]

Thanks kristaps ... ! removing "PHP" from the "FTP Options" => "Transfer Mode" list does in fact remove the extra line feeds.

I kept going back and forth, adding/removing PHP from this list, opening a script each time and with "PHP" in this list I would get extra line feeds and removing "PHP" from this list the extra line feeds would go a way ...

Thanks again ...

[Andrei]

Thank you kristaps, your solution seems to work fine. I've also removed the html/css/js and everything is good now. Hopefully Blumentals guys will fix this soon though as it's been a while.

[EvilBMP]

Thanks for the tip - I just thought - oh noo, it's back again, because this problem was already existent in older versions of WeBuilder (I think v9 - don't know anymore) and was fixed after some time. Now in v12 it seems to be back, which is really odd because other editors like netbeans or even editors at the shell like nano or vi show the files correctly. Only WeBuilder seems to break the newlines again.

Again thanks for the workaround