How can we do this?

[phpcod3r]

Imagine i have a text file with the following contents:

Helloworld1*Helloworld2

Word1*Word2

 

And now i have a HTML form generated through a PHP file with a multi-line edit box, and i have put the following text in it:

 

Some text here Helloworld1 and some text here Word1 comes.

 

Now when someone presses the submit button, the above text in the multi line box changes to:

 

Some text here Helloworld2 and some text here Word2 comes.

( by gathering data from the text file )

 

Thats the best i could explain, how can we do that?

[bwochinski]

Use explode() to separate the parts of the string.  Then you can use them wherever you like.

[phpcod3r]

I have just started with PHP so i have no idea what you are talking about, can you show me an example?

[only one]

i used to have a code that did that sort of thing only for users online....

ill see if i can find it

[only one]

soz cant find it ...

 

http://pixel2life.com

 

check that out, your bound to get what your looking for

[chronister]

$file_array="/path/to/your/file"; /*this will read the file into an array line by line. line 1 would be accessed as $file_array[0] */

foreach($file_array as $value){ // loop through each line and explode on the * creating a new array

$new_array=explode('*',$value); // set $new_array variable.

}

// access the $new_array variable here and do something with it.

 

That is not complete, but it's the best I can do with what you provided.

 

read up on the file function and the explode function in the manual

 

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

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

[phpcod3r]

I am having problems understanding this, why theres a $value? ..... i need to place this code in a PHP file and edit the file path to the file having the same format as i've mentioned in the thread and the script will do the replacing while going through the lines and put the final replaced text in $new_array, am i right.... if not then please explain

 

thanks