Explode Function

[tberger]

I want PHP to read data I have stored in a text file to pull out certain pieces of data.  Right now when you log in - I want it to check my user text file to determine if the data is there.  If so, I want the page to welcome the person - if not to let them know there is no match.

 

Right now the page always returns no matches and I think it is in the function.  I believe it is how the function is reading the file.  I think if I explode the data in the text file, I might get it to work properly but i am not sure how.  The current function is:

 

<?php

function getLogin($username, $password)

{

 

$email = trim($_POST['email']);

$pass = trim($_POST['pass']);

 

$file = "/staff/seebetra/homepage/ciss225/registered_users.txt";

$lines = file($file);

$logged = FALSE;

foreach($lines as $line)

{

if(preg_match("/^.+?:.+?:".preg_quote($email).":".preg_quote($pass)."$/s", trim($line)))

{

list($first, $last, $f_email, $f_pass) = explode(":", trim($line));

echo "Hello ".$first." ".$last."!";

$logged = TRUE;

break;

}

}

if(!$logged)

echo "Sorry, you didn't match!";

}

?>

 

Is there a way to explode on the text file instead to find the match?

 

I appreciate any help I can get on this.

[boo_lolly]

i think you need to change this:

function getLogin($username, $password)
{

$email = trim($_POST['email']);
$pass = trim($_POST['pass']);

 

to this:

function getLogin($username, $password)
{

$username = trim($_POST['email']);
$password = trim($_POST['pass']);

[tberger]

Thanks - I did make that change but there was no difference.  I think the problem is this line:

 

if(preg_match("/^.+?:.+?:".preg_quote($username).":".preg_quote($password)."$/s", trim($line)))

 

 

Can I do an explode here instead of the preg_match?

[effigy]

Yes, see Example 2298, Example 2.