Assigning contents of text file to variables

[adrianuk29]

I am trying to create a small availability calendar using text files.
I have managed to write the input from 5 checkboxes in the user form to a text file.

The data in the text file is stored in the following manner when I look inside it.

checked,checked,checked,,checked

(When you see ,, it means a user did not check the box therefore nothing is written to the text file.

I would like to know how I can read and split the contents of the text file and assign each word checked to a variable for example

$jan1=checked;
$jan2=checked;
$jan3=checked;
$jan4=;
$jan5=checked;

I can then do a simple if / else statement on the variables to see which checkboxes were checked by the user on the form and display the output.

Thank you for your help.

[drew010]

$data = file("filename.txt");

list($jan1, $jan2, $jan3, $jan4, $jan5) = explode(",", $data[0]);

[adrianuk29]

Thats fantastic, it works brilliantly. Thank you very much for your help. Sometimes you cannot get your head around things. Its all clear now.

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