On Fri, August 19, 2005 7:45 pm, Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote: >>>If other file formats are possible as well as CSV, you might like to >>>look at the PEAR "File Formats" packages[1]. >> >> Now TAB delimited is generally easier than CSV as it IS as simple as >> reading a line and explode() on "\t" > > Unless of course the field is delimited with quotes and contains an > embedded tab character? Just a guess, I haven't had any reason to use > tab-delimited files before. tab-delimited does not allow tabs in data, nor newlines. There is no escape character. It follows the KISS principle. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
