help with array from text file

[emrys404]

hello, i'm having a problem reading a text file and converting it to an array.
The text file looks like this:

red=60.00
blue=60.00
green=60.00

and my code looks like this:

<?php
$filename = 'details.txt';
$fp = fopen($filename, "r");
$contents = fread($fp, filesize($filename));
fclose($fp);

$temp_array = split('\n',$contents);
foreach ($temp_array as $entry)
{
		//echo "blar";
		list($name,$value) = split('=',$entry);
		$pricing_array[$name] = $value;
}
echo "<br>";
echo $pricing_array['blue'];
?>

I figure $contents is a string so first i split it at the new line character "\n" then i can split it at the = sign. but it doesnt seem to be working as $pricing_array['blue'] doesnt output anything.

Thanks in advance
-emrys

[LordShryku]

The first 5 lines of code can be cut by just using
$contents = file('details.txt');

the list and split look fine, so you may want to do a
print_r($pricing_array);
instead of
echo $pricing_array['blue'];
just to see if everything is in the array.

[emrys404]

Thanks i spent alot of time trying to remember the print_r command 🙂 Anyway i found out my problem is with the

 $temp_array = split('\n',$contents); 

line, instead of splitting it at the new line it was splitting it at the letter n. so i have no idea. weird weird.
Also i tried the

 $contents = file('details.txt');

and it returned and empty array....

I got it working by using a kludge (replacing the new line with a space) but i'd like to get this figured out... Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[LordShryku]

Yeah, the single quotes you're using around the \n are telling PHP to look for a literal \n, not a new line. Use double quotes instead.

[Arc]

Huh? When did PHP get the Split Function? I always thought it was called "explode".

[LordShryku]

Same thing, only split allows you to use regular expressions.