Help Parsing flatfile?

[stylus277]

I have a flatfile named PROBINFO.cap. There isn't really a delimiter (not CSV...) each line is a record.

 

I would like to set a VAR for each line and autonumber till it is done. So far I can get it to read the file and echo it back on to the screen. But I cannot set the variables correctly.

 

<?php 
$fp = fopen('PROBINFO.cap','r'); 
if (!$fp) {echo 'ERROR: Unable to open file.'; exit;} 
  
while (!feof($fp)) { 
$line = fgets($fp, 1024);
list ($field1) = split ('\|', $line); 


echo ' 
'.$field1.'<br>'; 
$fp++; 
} 
  
fclose($fp); 
?> 

 

 

 

 

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[trq]

Your question is pretty unclear, especially after viewing your file. Maybe?

 

<?php

  $lines = file('PROBINFO.cap');

  $i = 1;
  foreach ($lines as $line) {
    echo "$i $line\n";
    $i++
  }

?>

[stylus277]

thanks for the reply, I did not get too far with it though.

 

To try and clearify my question, how would I open PROBINFO.cap and use each individual line as a value to set unique variables?

 

 

Set:

  $Var1 = ($line1)

  $Var2 = ($line2)

  $Var3 = ($line3)

  $Var4 = ($line4)

 

Thanks

 

[trq]

You would be better simply storing each line in an array IMO, its more readble.

 

Anyway, this will do what you want.

 

<?php

  $lines = file('PROBINFO.cap');

  $i = 1;
  foreach ($lines as $line) {
    ${'Var'.$i} = $line;
  }

?>

[wildteen88]

It is better to use an array, rather than unique variables. Just use:

$lines = file('PROBINFO.cap');

 

$lines holds an array of lines from the propinfo file, eg $line[0] is the first line, $line[1] is the second etc.