RE: [PHP] Stripping the first line of a file

2002-02-08 Thread Scott
Thanks Jerry! In perl I was doing this: printf NEW ("%-193.193s"); Which I just read the manual and discovered it works in PHP as well. Basically prints 193 spaces to make sure the line is 255 after I filled the line with other characters. On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Jerry Verhoef (UGBI) wrote

RE: [PHP] Stripping the first line of a file

2002-02-08 Thread Jerry Verhoef (UGBI)
the > perl Example? > > HTH > Jerry > > -Original Message- > > From: Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:22 PM > > To: Jerry Verhoef (UGBI) > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Stripping the first l

RE: [PHP] Stripping the first line of a file

2002-02-08 Thread Jerry Verhoef (UGBI)
Friday, February 08, 2002 4:22 PM > To: Jerry Verhoef (UGBI) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Stripping the first line of a file > > > Thank you! Works. I have a few more questions! I am working on > converting a program from perl to PHP as it is the new >

RE: [PHP] Stripping the first line of a file

2002-02-08 Thread Scott
Thank you! Works. I have a few more questions! I am working on converting a program from perl to PHP as it is the new language of choice at our office. I have been using printf statements in perl to format data. Is there a similar funtion in php? Here is an example from the perl program:

RE: [PHP] Stripping the first line of a file

2002-02-08 Thread Jerry Verhoef (UGBI)
nal Message- > From: Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Stripping the first line of a file > > > Hi, > > I want to be able to open a file and then strip the first > line of it off. &

[PHP] Stripping the first line of a file

2002-02-08 Thread Scott
Hi, I want to be able to open a file and then strip the first line of it off. Example, the first line contains the names for tables in a database and all I need is from the second line on. if I fopen a file can I strip the line or should I process it and then drop the data from the first r