On 26 July 2010 15:38, Bavithra R <bavithra.r@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi friends.. > > > Is there any equivalent statement in php for "scanf" or "cin" in c or c++? > That is without using html and creating forms. WOW. Completely surprised by the two responses that were given. <?php while ($userinfo = fscanf(STDIN, "%s\t%s\t%s\n")) { print_r($userinfo); } ?> STDIN is a predefined resource, so no need to fopen()/fclose() it. Hope this helps. Regards, Richard Quadling. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php