[SOLVED] How to get entire file data into a single array ???

[phpRoshan]

Hi evrybody

 

i wonder hw to get an entire file data into one array and in that array how to arrang those filedata into elements?

 

Any suggestions? any idea?

 

Tnx

 

???

[trq]

Your question is pretty vague.... maybe?

 

<?php

  $array = file('path/to/file');

?>

[phpRoshan]

yes. sory abt that.

 

what i ment was how to put the contents/words of the file in to array elements?

like

 

arr[0] = 'some word'

arr[1] = 'some othe word'

arr[2] = 'maybe a digit or digits?'

 

in this way.

 

i dont thing if i use  "$array = file('path/to/file');" it wont do that? does is? :-\

 

 

 

[trq]

The file function saves each line from a file into an array element.

[chigley]

file() gives you an array containing each line in its own key. You can then split file() up, eg:

 

<?php

$filename = "path/to/file";

$lines = file($filename);

foreach($lines as $linenumber => $linedata) {
$words[$linenumber] = explode(" ", $linedata);
}

?>

 

Now you have an array ($words) with sub arrays containing the words in each line of the file found in $filename.

 

Not tested, but you get the idea

[neel_basu]

Whats the format of the data on your file ??

[kucing]

Try this way..

 

$filename = "path/to/file";

$data = file($filename);

function fileToArray($data) {
$words = explode(' ',$data);
foreach ($words as $word) {
	$outputArray[]=$word;
}
print_r($outputArray);
}
fileToArray($data);

 

Not tested yet but seems to be working in my mind.. lol

[neel_basu]

A little change on the above code

$filename = "path/to/file";
$data = file($filename);
function fileToArray($data) {
$words = preg_split('/\s+/',$data);
foreach ($words as $word) {
	$outputArray[]=$word;
}
print_r($outputArray);
}
fileToArray($data);

[phpRoshan]

Thank you so much for ur contribution of ideas.

 

I learnt a lot more than i expected.