Help Splitting A String

[golfinggod]

Hi
I hav this text file that contains

Oly,1
Dave,2
Smith,3
James,4
Jacob,5
Marley,6

Lets say I dont know any row numbers, is it possible to only select a row based on a search for James.

Example. Find only the row with James, Increment the number by one.

I know how to read the file, I just dont know how to select a specific row based on a name.

Any ideas

Thanks

😃

[paulnaj]

Hi gg,

Here's one way ...

<?php
// $searchtext = 'James';
$filepath = 'myfile.txt';
$file = @file($filepath);
	or die('Could not open: '.$filepath );

for($i = 0; $i < count($file); $i++){
	$test = explode(',', $file[$i]);
	$name = trim($test[0]);
	if($name == $searchtext){
		// Do whatever
		$number = trim($test[1]);
		echo 'Name: '.$name.'<br />'.'Number: '.$number;
		// ... and stop looking
		break;
	}
}

?>

Hope that helps.

Paul. 🙂

[golfinggod]

thanks

😉