Parse data file with and without quoted values?!

[nuklehed]

I have a data file in the following format.

// sample data
param1 "value of param1"
param2 0
param3 1

I am currently using the following code to read the data but it won't read all the data of quoted values. I didn't put the fopen stuff in the example.

while(!feof($fp))
  {
    $line = fgets($fp, 4096);
    if (!ereg("^/\/\.*", $line) && trim($line) != "")
    {
      list($key, $value) = preg_split ("/[\s]+/", $line);
      echo $key . ' = ' . $value . '<br>';
  }
}

What I get returned is:

param1 = "value
param2 = 0
param2 = 1

The problem lies in that I am not getting back all the data between quotes. What can I do? Also, preg_split was just another attempt at fixing the problem. I've also used sscanf.

Thanks in adavance,

• NukleHeD -

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by nuklehed
The problem lies in that I am not getting back all the data between quotes.

The rest is going into other array entries (and dropping off the end of the list()).

All you need to do is add a limiter to stop preg_split from splitting too often, ie:

list($key, $value) = preg_split ("/\s+/", $line, 2);

[nuklehed]

Perfect!

Worked like a charm 😉