using php files like databses

[benjy]

ok we have two files, mmmkay, one called void.php and the other void2.php mmkay. not somewhere in the file void2.php there willbe a vairable called $xyz whihc would contain an or array, interger or string of text. but when a user executes the file void.php through some sort of html form, i want the the file void.php to gather the variable, $xyz from the file void2.php and do various things with it (i.e change it, remove it, replace it etc.), how would one go about doing this, i know you have to use like $HTTP_GET_VARs or something like that, but i dont know how.

basically to effect what im saying is that the file void2.php will be a database full of variables and i want the file void.php to gather those and manipulate them

[tsinka]

Hi,

can you give me more information, e.g. code you already have. Depending on how the data is stored in the file, e.g. separated by | you could use the php explode function to split them up and put them in an array. But it's hard to say something without an example 🙂

[laserlight]

Well, using a separator to store is one method that allows for variable length records.
Another way would be to store line by line, with each record having a fixed number of characters.

$HTTP_GET_VARS is deprecated, you probably should use $_GET

Still, if you plan to use a form in html, very likely you'll set form method="post", so you would use the $_POST array returned.