[Resolved] explode()

[Qben]

okok.. i have a text file that looks somehting like this:

1|apple|f|red
2|banana|f|yellow
3|radish|v|red
4|tomato|v|red
5|water melon|f|red

i use this:

<?PHP

$file = "file.txt";

$fp= fopen($file, "r");
$content = fread($fp, filesize($filename));
fclose($fp);

$item = explode("|", $content);

?>

Now my question is.. what do i write to print the word "banana" and "yellow" etc.. ?

[barand]

Easiest way is

$filearray = file('file.txt'); // each element of array is line of the file

foreach ($filearray as $line) {  // process each line
         $linearray = explode ('|', $line); // line array is now (1, 'apple', 'f' , 'red') etc
         echo "<br>$linearray[1] $linearray[3]";  // echoes ''apple red'
}

hth

[Qben]

uhm that echoes:

apple red
banana yellow
radish red
tomato red
water melon red

[laserlight]

what do i write to print the word "banana" and "yellow" etc..

isnt that what you asked for?

if not, you should provide some sample output.

Also, it would be good to go over barand's code and learn from it.

[Qben]

Now my question is.. what do i write to print the word "banana" and "yellow" etc.. ?

i only want to print banana and yellow.

[laserlight]

This might work:

<?php
//read the file into an array of file lines
$file_array = file("file.txt");

//this will hold the 2d array of lines
$lines_array = array();

//loop through each line
//adding it to the lines array
foreach ($file_array as $line) {
	$temp = explode('|', $line);
	$key = $temp[0];
	$lines_array[$key] = array(
		'name' => $temp[1],
		'type' => $temp[2],
		'colour' => $temp[3]
		);
}

//let's echo the name/colour of the 2nd line element
echo "Name: " . $lines_array['2']['name'] . "<br>" . $lines_array['2']['colour'];
?>

[Qben]

yep that worked
Thanks alot for help!