First of all, you want to have the two values in seperate variables. After reading the contents from the file, do something like: -----------------------------------------8<--------------------------------------------- function parseUptimeSeconds( $seconds ) { $resultArray = Array( 'weeks' => 0, 'days' => 0, 'hours' => 0, 'minutes' => 0, 'seconds' => 0); // check weeks while( $seconds > 604800 ) { $resultArray['weeks']++; $seconds -= 604800; } // check days while( $seconds > 86400) { $resultArray['days']++; $seconds -= 86400; } // check hours while( $seconds > 3600) { $resultArray['hours']++; $seconds -= 3600; } // check minutes while( $seconds > 60) { $resultArray['minutes']++; $seconds -= 60; } $resultArray['seconds'] = $seconds; return( $resultArray ); } // separate both values list( $uptimeSeconds, $idleSeconds ) = explode( ' ', $lineReadFromFile ); $uptimeElements = parseUptimeSeconds( $uptimeSeconds ); $idleElements = parseUptimeSeconds( $idleSeconds ); -----------------------------------------8<--------------------------------------------- I know there might be a more efficient way of doing this, like using the modulus operator, but hey :) On 7/23/05, Ramil Sagum <ramil.sagum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 7/23/05, Vidyut Luther <vid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ok, > > If I use the file_get_contents.. how do I actually parse the > > contents on /proc/uptime > > cat /proc/uptime > > 1400293.13 1317047.64 > > > The first number is the total uptime in seconds, the second number is > the total idle time. > > -- > ---- > > > > ramil > http://ramil.sagum.net/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php