[SOLVED] Need Alternative to Explode

[ProXy_]

i'm starting to realize some problems with explode. i was really hoping

there was another way to do this.

 

Basicly i created a counter that acts off 1 .txt file

in this text file there are tons of pages with their counters

They look like this:

$site-0*end$site

 

Basicly my code grabs the number and adds the hit to it, if visited.

Problem i'm getting is this:

 

say one page is: 93.html and another page is 193.html

Both of these pages will get pulled. it completely ignores the 1

 

this is the current code, i would really appreciate any help.

$code=file_get_contents("../docs/counter.txt");
$code2=file_get_contents("../docs/counter.txt");
$ex1=explode("$stray3-", $code);
$ex2=explode("*end$stray3", $ex1[1]);
$nope="0";
$d=$ex2[0];

once again i really appreciate any help offered:)

[btherl]

You can choose a character which cannot appear in your site name, and "protect" your site name with it.  For example, instead of

 

$site-0*end$site

 

you might use

 

|$site|-0*end|$site|

 

Then you explode on "|$site|" instead of just "$site"

 

Or you could store your data like this:

 

$site|counter

 

Then you would explode on "|", and your results would be a site name and a counter.  But then you need to find the correct line before exploding - it looks like your current code uses the explode itself to find the entry.

[salathe]

Either don't use double quotes, or escape the dollar sign in the explode lines of your code.

[btherl]

I don't think he wants the dollar sign escaped.  He's substituting a site name into the explode calls so he can find the correct line in the file.

[salathe]

Ah fair enough, the OP isn't clear.

 

To the OP: give us an example of the counter file and more of your code (since it appears to just be a snippet that you posted). Does this need to be done with explode or are you open to other techniques?

[ProXy_]

You can choose a character which cannot appear in your site name, and "protect" your site name with it.  For example, instead of

 

$site-0*end$site

 

you might use

 

|$site|-0*end|$site|

 

Then you explode on "|$site|" instead of just "$site"

 

Or you could store your data like this:

 

$site|counter

 

Then you would explode on "|", and your results would be a site name and a counter.  But then you need to find the correct line before exploding - it looks like your current code uses the explode itself to find the entry.

 

Thank you, the method worked great. and easy implication.

I appreciate everyone's help