Get data from 2 Files into array

[imperialized]

OK, here is my predicament. I have 2 .txt files with information directly correlating with each other. What I am trying to do is write an emoticons script for my news script. I have accomplished this in a very bulky way, I had to type everything out.

 

$replacednews = str_replace("", "<img src=\"emoticons/1.gif\" border=0>", $shortnews);  //  Face
$replacednews = str_replace("", "<img src=\"emoticons/10.gif\" border=0>", $replacednews);  //  Face
$replacednews = str_replace("", "<img src=\"emoticons/11.gif\" border=0>", $replacednews);  // Sweating Face Face
$replacednews = str_replace("", "<img src=\"emoticons/3.gif\" border=0>", $replacednews);  //  Sad Face
$replacednews = str_replace("", "<img src=\"emoticons/5.gif\" border=0>", $replacednews);  //  Grin Face
$replacednews = str_replace(":greensmoke:", "<img src=\"emoticons/cigarette.gif\" border=0>", $replacednews);  // Green smoking Face
$replacednews = str_replace(":smokechill:", "<img src=\"emoticons/smokin_chillen.gif\" border=0>", $replacednews);  //  smoking Face

However, in order to make it replace new smiles, I'd have to manually type in the code.

 

The text files contain the smilie text faces in one and the image that relates to which face in the other. Each entry is parallel to the one it relates to. ex: is on line 1 of the smilie.txt  and 1.gif is on line 1 of the other text file.

 

So my question is: How do I automate this process of replacing so that I can just edit the text files and it will do all this automatically.

[Chris92]

Ok, that's very simple to do:

 

<?php

$bbcode = explode("\n", file("code.txt"));
$bbreplacements = explode("\n", file("replacments.txt"));

str_replace($bbcode, $bbreplacements, $shortnews);

?>

[wildteen88]

Chris92, your code wont work. file() returns the lines of the file being read into an array. So need to use explode.

 

<?php

$bbcode = file("code.txt", FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
$bbreplacements = file("replacments.txt", FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);

$shortnews = str_replace($bbcode, $bbreplacements, $shortnews);

?>

[imperialized]

wildteen88, works perfectly. Very simple as well, I should have known 

 

Thanks for the help. Much appreciated.