grabbing data from a txt file

[Anon]

hello!

i am having some problems when grabbing some data from a txt file to my php page.

In a file called file.txt I have the following data:
n=4&1=surf&2=climbing&3=snowboard&4=skate

I need my php page open this file, read it and understand that the variable n ($n) is equal 4 ($n=4), and the variable 1 ($1) is equal surf ($1=surf), up to the last number. So if I use the command <? echo "$n"; ?> it will return 4, if I use <? echo "$1"; ?> I´ll get surf.

Actually, n is equal the number of sports I have after the first &, in this example from surf to longboard.

Please if possible, send replies to [e-mail].

Thanks in advance...

Best Regards

Mariano Neves

[Anon]

Hi

to start you off, try
<?
$handle = fopen("./file.txt", "r");
while (!feof($handle)) {
$this_line = fgets($handle, 4096);
$bits = explode("&",$this_line);
for($x=0,$x<count($bits);$x++){
print "Bit " . $x . " is " . $bit[$x];
}
}
?>

you then need to do a split on '=' to get your value

hth

Darren

[Anon]

Good news and bad.

Good news is that you can use parse_str to do it like so:

$string="a=123&b=345&lost=yes&found=no";
parse_str($string);
print $a;
print $b;
print $lost;
print $found;

The bad news is you CAN'T have a variable named 1. all vars must start with an alpha, so you can have $one, $one1, $a1, $var1, but not $1.