[TxMt] Unwanted newline php

I'm writing a command using php that reorders a css property list by string length. The problem I'm having is that a newline character is being added at the beginning of the result for some reason (using Replace selected text). I've consulted this thread http://lists.macromates.com/textmate/2007-April/019068.html but I've found no way of echoing a string without the newline being added. Here is the command:

#!/usr/bin/php

<?php

$fstat = fstat(STDIN); $stdin = fread(STDIN, $fstat['size']);

//print_r($stdin);

$pattern = '/{(.*)}/Us'; preg_match($pattern, $stdin, $matches); $output = trim($matches[1], "\n"); $output = preg_split('/\n/', $output);

function sort_strlength($val_1, $val_2) { // initialize the return value to zero $retVal = 0;

// compare lengths $firstVal = strlen($val_1); $secondVal = strlen($val_2);

if($firstVal > $secondVal) { $retVal = 1; } else if($firstVal < $secondVal) { $retVal = -1; } return $retVal; }

uasort($output, "sort_strlength");

$out = '{' . "\n"; foreach($output as $line) { $out .= $line . "\n"; } $out .= '}';

print(trim($out));

?>

Any help would be appreciated.

Ryan