Problems with regular expressions

[roydukkey]

I have a string [block of text from a file via fopen()] that I would like to split into a multi-dimensional array.  Here the contents of the file that is opened:

 

Father {

    son

    child {

        bob

        john

        jim

    }

}

mother {

    daughter

    kin

}

bigfoot {

    hairy

    kisses

}

 

How can I use preg_split() to result in the following array or if there is a better way how can this be done:

 

Array

(

    [ 0 ] => Father

        (

            [ 0 ] => son

            [ 1 ] => child

                (

                    [ 0 ] => bob

                    [ 1 ] => john

                    [ 2 ] => jim

                )

        )

 

    [ 1 ] => mother

        (

            [ 0 ] => daughter

            [ 1 ] => kin

        )

 

    [ 2 ] => bigfoot

        (

            [ 0 ] => hairy

            [ 1 ] => kisses

        )

 

)

 

Thanks for your help.

 

roydukkey

 

[nrg_alpha]

While I'm not sure about the multidimensional array part, instead of using fopen, you can use file(filepath and file name here). This opens a file and extracts its contents into an array. I'm guessing that depending on what your file is structured like to begin with would determine the array that file() creates..

 

The from there, you can list the array via foreach(), then if you feel the need to break if down further, perhaps use preg_split (not entirely sure if this last bit is feasable).

 

You can read up on file() here:

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.file.php

[roydukkey]

Ok, sounds good...? I'll do some more learning and post back if I need anything more. Thank you very much for you help, nrg_alpha.