Parse all lines of a txt file into an array.. $ary = explode("\n", $results); -Kevin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Crane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:16 AM Subject: [PHP] Someone Help please > I am getting data froma website for stock information. If I type in the > brower the URL I get a text file display list this; > > Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume > 16-Jul-02,7.92,8.10,7.68,7.82,605500 > 15-Jul-02,7.98,8.02,7.59,8.02,577200 > 12-Jul-02,7.80,8.00,7.57,7.95,411100 > 11-Jul-02,7.82,7.94,7.34,7.80,802400 > > Now I want to break each line and then seperate each line by the commas. The > amount of linesin the file is never known so I assume I have to use > something like a foreach or while statement,but I am not sure the best way > to do it. This is what I have so far. > > $Symbol = "IKN"; $LookupUrl = > "http://demos.inxdesign.com/download?sym=$Symbol&format=.txt"; $Results = > implode('', file("$LookupUrl")); > $Data = array(); split("\n", $Results) = array_push($Data, $line) > > The end result I am trying to get is each line to be an element in an array. > Later I will go back and stepthrough each element of the array and then > split that by the commas and have it output into an HTML table.At least this > is the best way I can think to deal with it. I suppose a better way to do > this would be to make this an associative array and have the data of each > line be associated with the date then I could producea variable something > like $StockData[16-Jul-02][value], but I don't know how to do any of that. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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