> this may seem like a simple thing to do but i'm just a newbie to PHP. > here goes. > > i've got and external life "/my/path/report.txt" > the content of this file is arranged as > > id1|fname|lname|address|country|post_code > id2|fname|lname|address|country|post_code > id3|fname|lname|address|country|post_code > id4|fname|lname|address|country|post_code > id5|fname|lname|address|country|post_code > id6|fname|lname|address|country|post_code > id7|fname|lname|address|country|post_code > > i would like to be able to read through the file and extract each line to > be places in a table. Read the file with the file() function to get each line as an element in an array. Loop through the array and explode each element by the | character. You've then got each part of the file in it's own variable. www.php.net/file www.php.net/explode ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
