Regexp problem with a txt file

[Anon]

I have a text file (.html) that is setup as follows:

<!--before-->
some stuff
some more stuff
<!--/before-->
<!--format-->
a second string
I'm getting a headache
<!--/format-->

I want to split this file into either a: an array or b: variables

Such as : $before = "some stuff some more stuff";
$format = "a second string.."

Any ideas? I'm a dope when it comes to regexp, and can't get the output to work.

[Anon]

Try this :

$before = eregi("<!--before-->(.*)<!--/before-->", $txtdata, $before);

$format = eregi("<!--format-->(.*)<!--/format-->", $txtdata);

[Anon]

Thanks! I took what you wrote, looked at it a bit, and read up on eregi() (on php.net). I then found a little more, and got what I was looking for!

The purpose of this script is to take some updates that were made to what was already in a db and paste it back in. it's the 2nd half of two scripts:
1)pull the data from the db and save it to txt files
(update in editor)
2)put data back into db.

Thanks again. problem solved.

&lt;?php
/ grabbing parts out of an html file /
/ basically, all I'm doing is putting data back into my db /

1. dbconnection

require("dbconnect.php");

$query = mysql_query("SELECT id, section, pagetype, header, format, footer from gc_layouts where pagetype !='front' and pagetype !='zero'");

2. base path to files

$filelocal = "/path/to/files/";

3. the function. here's the magic

function getdata($path, $datatype) {
$pagefile = fopen($path, "r");
$data = fread($pagefile, filesize($path));
if (eregi("&lt;!--" . $datatype . "--&gt;(.*)&lt;!--/" . $datatype . "--&gt;", $data, $out)) {
$outdata = $out[1];
}
return $outdata;
}

4. the array, and the loop

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
$section = $row['section'];
$pagetype= $row['pagetype'];
$filepart = "$filelocal$section-$pagetype.html";

$header = getdata($filepart,"before");
$format = getdata($filepart,"format");
$footer = getdata($filepart,"footer");
}

?&gt;