php flat-file (txt) semi-colon table echoing one record in the table to a html page

[malanno]

Hi:

I'm a java programmer so a brief answer  is what I'm looking for, or a point in a direction.

 

I want access one record in a flat file semicolon delimited txt file? I'm having problems... Thank you

 

# comments start with pound sign - ignore these and blank lines.

VERSION 1.0

# Allowable keywords:  SCD, CCD, BRD, ACU, WCU

# Possible status indicators are:

#                    SCD/CCD/BRD   CHIP/TARGET

#   G = green        online        in use

#   R = red          offline       marked out

#   Y = yellow       partial       disabled

#   N = no color     not installed idle

 

 

# SCD num scd_status

  SCD 0 ; G ;

 

# RACK 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# CCD num ccd_status  target_status   temp   details

  CCD 0 ; G         ; GGNNNNNNNRRY  ; 34C  ; sn=NCC023e00350010

# BRD num brd_status chip0  chip1  chip2  chip3  chip4  chip5  chip6  chip7  temp  details

  BRD 0   ; G       ;  G      G      G      N      N      N      N      G    ; 37C ; sn=BRD023d00420000

  BRD 1   ; G       ;  N      N      N      Y      Y      N      N      N    ; 37C ; sn=BRD023d00420001

  BRD 2   ; G       ;  G      N      N      N      R      N      N      N    ; 37C ; sn=BRD023d00420002

  BRD 3   ; G       ;  N      N      N      N      R      Y      Y      Y    ; 37C ; sn=BRD023d00420003

  BRD 4   ; Y       ;  N      N      N      N      R      R      R      R    ; 37C ; sn=BRD023d00420004

  BRD 5   ; R       ;  R      R      R      R      R      R      R      R    ; 37C ; sn=BRD023d00420005

[Ch0cu3r]

 

I want access one record in a flat file semicolon delimited txt file?

Which is?

 

Maybe use fgetcsv

[malanno]

I'm sorry I thought I bolded it, but I forgot. For example lets use the temperature from board 1

[Ch0cu3r]

Using fgetcsv you would use the semi-colon as the delimeter. As you loop over the lines when $data[0] starts with BRD, $data[3] will contain the value for the temperature column. The following code will build an array of temperatures, the board column (BRD 0, BRD 1) etc will be used as the index for the array.

<?php

$temps = array();
if (($handle = fopen("data.txt", "r")) !== FALSE)
{
    while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ";")) !== FALSE)
    {
        if(substr(trim($data[0]), 0, 3) == 'BRD')
        {
            $board = trim($data[0]);
            $temp = $data[3];
            $temps[ $board ] = $temp;
        }
    }
    fclose($handle);
}

Change data.txt to the filename your data is stored in. To show the temperature for board 1 (BRD 1) you would use  echo $temps['BRD 1'];

[malanno]

Thank you... you saved me... I will pay it forward when done with this project. William

[malanno]

Would you be interested in teaching me php on a regular basis? I would gladly pay your hourly rate. William

William