The "{} syntax" means to run a command whithin another command, whitout having to store results previously. As an example, both following codes do the same, and you don't loose time storing and retrieving variable $argo $argo = fgets($fileID,sizeof($file)); Echo "$argo"; And Echo "{fgets($fileID,sizeof($file))}"; Luis -----Original Message----- From: German Piqué [mailto:extremdur2@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: sexta-feira, 29 de Setembro de 2006 11:35 To: Alex Turner Cc: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Stanislav Malyshev Subject: Re: Re: Problems with fscanf [WORKAROUND] fgetc mmm... let me guess... you're saying that I must do something like this: $argo = fgets($fileID,sizeof($file)) And then work with the string? What do you mean by "using {} syntax"? Are you talking about regular expressions or what? Thanks. 2006/9/28, Alex Turner <aturner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > > German Piqué wrote: > >> Well, I managed to work with the spaces but using fgetc instead of > >> fscanf. > >> > > > > Just as a note I think it would be much more efficient to use fgets > > or fread and then parse resulting string using regular expressions. > > Unless you have some limitations that weren't mentioned. > > Just as a note I think it would be much more efficient to use fgets > > or fread and then parse resulting string using regular expressions. > > Unless you have some limitations that weren't mentioned. > > That got me thinking - how about using fgets then running over the > string using {} syntax. The same code (almost) would run many many > times faster (probably). > > AJ > > -- > www.deployview.com > www.nerds-central.com > www.project-network.com > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php