a little uncertain

[anthill]

Hi,

I;ve been working on this website in which each user can store certain information in text files. I decided to store the info in text files coz otherwise I would have to create a new table in a database for each user.

Anyway, my problem is this. I also wanna search through the text file for certain words, which i know how to do, only as there will be lots of users there will be lots and lots of text files, so i'd end up with something like

$search1 = file("../members/member1/info.txt");
$search2 = file("../members/member2/info.txt");
$search3 = file("../members/member3/info.txt");
$search4 = file("../members/member4/info.txt");
$search5 = file("../members/member5/info.txt");
$search6 = file("../members/member6/info.txt");

etc, for each members text file before searching them all, which of course is not acceptable. Would it be more acceptable to create a new table in a database for each users? I'm just worried that if i have lots of users then it will slow down my database and the running of the site. Or can anyone think of a better solution for searching all these text files?

Thanks

Ant

[evo4ever]

Try this:

$search = file("../members/";

for($i=1;$i<=6;$i++)
   print "member".$i;

"/info.txt");

Here I am looping through numbers associated with a member number.

PS: Define what the maximum number is $i is. in your case it is 6

[evo4ever]

Maybe this is a clearer way:

for($i=1;$i<=6;$i++)
    $search =  file("../members/member".$i."/info.txt");