DreCob619

I need some help getting started in writing the php code that would import a text file of name/value pairs and then create an html table with those values. The datafile looks something like this: [number]-[attribute]=[value]; 1-Host=server1.abc.dev.jkl;2-Date=Wed Aug 12 2010;3-Set=abc.123.cde;4-Time=01:00:03;5-Length=00:36:09;6-Size=41.54 GB;7-Status=Succeeded; 1-Host=server2.abc.dev.qrs;2-Date=Wed Aug 12 2010;3-Set=gls202.kul_lvm;5-Length=06:20:33;7-Status=Succeeded; 1-Host=server9.mra.dev.xyz;2-Date=Wed Aug 11 2010;3-Set=gls101.aie_lvm;4-Time=01:00:02; Let's say I have an html table: <table id="stats"> tr> <th>Host</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Set</th> <th>Time</th> <th>Length</th> <th>Size</th> <th>Status</th> </tr> <tr> <td>server1.abc.dev.jkl</td> <td>Wed Aug 12 2010</td> <td>abc.123.cde</td> <td>01:00:03</td> <td>00:36:09</td> <td>41.54 GB</td> <td>Succeeded</td> </tr> </table> I've looked around all day at various samples. I've seen the fgetcsv function. I'm not sure what would be the best approach to load this into data into a table. Using a regex, then load into array or hash and then print this out? I'm assuming i would have to create print statements to produce the html tags. Also, with the sample records I provided. There will be instances where not all the attributes (1-7) have values. So, i'm envisioning empty cells for that record which is fine. I can also change the way the datafile is generated and remove the [number], so its just [attribute]=[value] if that makes it easier. Is there a good mapping technique for this? Thank you for your help.