fopen multiple files, then select one

[aquanuke]

Hi I want to read multiple .txt files and then if an action requires select one.

 

<?

// /home/person-mike.txt

// /home/person-sarah.txt

// /home/person-paul.txt

 

while ($row = sqlite_fetch_array($result)) {

$name = $row['name'];

 

$filename = "/home/person-$name.txt";

$handle = fopen($filename, "r");

$sendrequest = fread($handle, filesize($filename));

fclose($handle);

}

 

?>

 

<?

if ( $client == "sarah" ) {

echo "$sendrequest[sarah]";

?>

 

How do I do the last bit to have a variable like $sendrequest[sarah]

[btherl]

Try this:

 

<?php
// /home/person-mike.txt
// /home/person-sarah.txt
// /home/person-paul.txt

$sendrequest = array();
while ($row = sqlite_fetch_array($result)) {
  $name = $row['name'];

  $filename = "/home/person-$name.txt";
  $handle = fopen($filename, "r");
  $sendrequest[$name] = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
  fclose($handle);
}

?>

<?php
if ( $client == "sarah" ) {
   echo "$sendrequest[sarah]";
}

// Or to simplify that last "if" condition:

echo $sendrequest[$client];
?>

[xyph]

Why are you mixing flat files with a database?

 

Is there any reason in specific you don't have ALL of the data in SQLite?

 

If you are getting the text file from an outside source, it might be a better solution to have an automated script push that data to the DB for you. It will definitely save lines of code and processing time.

 

If this is out of the picture, a solution that takes less memory might go something like this:

<?php 

$client = 'sarah';

if( ($data = getUserFile($client)) === FALSE )
echo 'Unable to find '.$client.'\'s data';
else
echo $data;

function getUserFile( $username ) {
// These could be arguments rather than hard coded
$pre = '/home/person-';
$suf = '.txt';
if( ($data = @file_get_contents($pre.$username.$suf)) === FALSE )
	return FALSE;
return $data;
}

?>

[aquanuke]

Thanks btherl worked perfect.

 

Thanks also xyph, there actually xml files im reading I just put .txt on here to simplify things. For my needs I think btherl example works better for me.