split() at a row of *s

[Anon]

hi, i want to explode noaa weather reports at each line like

---

so the i can make the text format better for my site but i can't figure out my regx.

my code is below. the idea is that in each section but the third, \n are replaced with <BR>\n.

any help would be appreciated.
oh, i've also got the source online at http://uac.pdx.edu/source.php?file=/test-avalanche.php.

thanks!

$file = fopen("http://www.seawfo.noaa.gov/products/SABNW", "r");
$rf = fread($file, 20000);
fclose($file);

$sections = split("^[*]{0,}$", $rf);

if (eregi("SUMMER AVALANCHE STATEMENT", $rf)){
echo '<TR><TD align="right"><B><FONT color="#990000" size="-1">Please note the Avalanche Forecast is a seasonal report.</FONT></B></TD></TR>';
}

str_replace ("\n", "<BR>\n", $sections[0]);
str_replace ("\n", "<BR>\n", $sections[2]);
str_replace ("\n\n", "\n<P>", $sections[4]);
str_replace ("\n", "<BR>\n", $sections[6]);

foreach ($sections as $piece) {
echo '<TR><TD bgcolor="white">';
echo $piece;
echo '&nbsp;</TD></TR>';
}

[Anon]

your regex statement wasn't working.
I had success with
$sections = split("*{3,}", $rf);

that is match '*' 3 times or more

dont forget the <table></table> tags here

hope this helps,
stef

[Anon]

that worked but the php engine seems to be occasionally spitting out raw code to the browser. any reason why it might not process it? kinda weird.

ref: http://www.uac.pdx.edu/source.php?file=/avalanche.php

<TABLE border="0" width="100%">

<?
$file = fopen("http://www.seawfo.noaa.gov/products/archive/SABSEA.3", "r");
$rf = fread($file, 20000);
fclose($file);

$sections = split("*{8,}\n", $rf);

$sections[0] = eregi_replace ("\n([a-zA-Z0-9]{2})", "<BR>\n\1", $sections[0]);
$sections[1] = eregi_replace ("\n([a-zA-Z0-9]{2})", "<BR>\n\1", $sections[1]);
$sections[2] = eregi_replace ("\n\n([a-zA-Z0-9]{2})", "\n\n<P>\1", $sections[2]);
$sections[2] = eregi_replace ("[[:space:]]{5,}", "\n<BR><IMG src=\"/images/spacer.gif\" width=\"50\" height=\"1\">", $sections[2]);
$sections[3] = eregi_replace ("\n\n([a-zA-Z0-9]{2})", "\n<P>\1", $sections[3]);

if (eregi("SUMMER AVALANCHE STATEMENT", $rf)){
echo '<TR><TD align="right"><B><FONT color="#990000" size="-1">Please note the Avalanche Forecast is a seasonal report.</FONT></B></TD></TR>';
}

foreach ($sections as $piece) {
echo "\n<TR><TD>\n";
echo $piece;
echo "&nbsp;\n</TD></TR>\n\n";
echo "\n<TR><TD>**********************************************************</TD></TR>\n";
}
?>
</TABLE>

[Anon]

sorry bout the banwidth.

it's spitting out php code from a file that's included at the top of the page. ax.php is part of a logging suite. it writes globals[] to a raw text file. i know the function is getting executed at the top. wonder why it's getting a second pass below.

weird.