retrieve specific fields from text file?

[Anon]

as i do not have mySQL support, i'm using text file. for my question, image a table containing 10 rows, each row containing 4 columns. data is separated using a "|" pipe delimiter.

how can i open the file and retrieve all of the column 2 entries, to print them to a webpage?

i've seen and tried quite a few examples that will dump the entire file to the page, but is it possible to have php identify and retrieve one column?

any help is appreciated.

thanks in advance.

paul

[Anon]

as you read each line use the 'split' function to chop it up. read through the second column of the array.

// open your file
$myfile = fopen("myfile.txt","r");

while(!feof($myfile)) {
// read each line
$lineread = fgets($myfile);
// chop it up
$values = split("|", $lineread);
// output the second bit
print("$values[1]<br>\n");
}

[Anon]

hmm..

this results in an infinite loop of the following error:

wrong parameter count for fgets
$lineread = fgets($myfile);

any ideas?

[Anon]

ahh.. had to include the length parameter
$lineread = fgets($myfile,4096);

thanks for your help.