ereg only works for PC?

[mcshen]

this is the code i have

$remote = fopen("a.html", 'r');
$line = fread($remote, 1048576);
if (ereg("^{2003",$line))}

if (ereg("^{2003",$line))} ONLY works if the file is saved in PC format. If it saved in UNIX format, if (ereg("^{2003",$line))} doesn't work.

how do i fix the code? what's the difference?? the file is the same except the format(pc or Unix) is different.

[rich_d]

Hi,

Makes no difference here (re: PC or *nix line breaks). You sure the problem isn't that on your PC you have the ereg module and on the Unix box you don't?

Cheers,

Rich

[mcshen]

i am testing the code under win2k pro.. Editplus allows me to save file in 3 different formats. I can save the file in PC, Unix, Mac.

it works for if the file is in PC format, doesn't work if it's in Unix

[rich_d]

Err, save in PC format then? 🙂

[mcshen]

ya, but if i want to do it with a html page that's online, then it wound't work. 🙁

well, thanks for your help anyway.

[Weedpacket]

Can't offhand think what the problem is (have you tried reading the file as binary? Or preg_match()?). In this particular situation I'd just if(substr($line,0,4)=='2003')