I had found other posts on the web regarding the cause of the problem, although the one you provided explains it better than the ones I found. But I was hoping others had experienced it and had a way around it. The servers I work on are almost always Linux but a few are Windows. Others are uploading to the servers so I'm sure it is probably their editors causing it. I have asked a number of them what they are using and DreamWeaver is the one that causes the most damage, although others have said they use both text and php editors so it doesn't seem to matter.

I was really looking for a way to strip the blank lines and extra spaces at the end of the files and to convert the line feeds to dos mode. Although, on thinking about it, that is probably not something easily done with php since it really should be a stand-alone app.

If I find a solution I will post back here in case anyone else has the same problem. I do appreciate your input and thank you for replying.