new to php

[iamtommy]

hello,
i am new to php and i need to do something kinda complicated.

i need to parse the following:
<P><B>Field 1</B> (<I>Field 2</I>) Field 3.</P>

everything between the bold tags is it's own column. everything in the italics tags gets it's own column. and everything after the ) and before the </p> get's its own column.

each is on a new line.

I am using a mysql database.

If you need more info, let me know, thanks much in advance.

[planetsim]

Welcome to the board and to PHP. Ok this question is sort of vague. What column a database column, do we have field names, is this for a HTML table?

Also do not expect people to just code for you. Try at attempt the problem. At the moment I am getting an impression you want someone to do it completely for you.

[iamtommy]

sorry, i didn't realize it was that hard to code. i assumed it would take a couple of minutes.

i don't want/need to learn php. i just need this done asap. i am primarily an asp developer. if you all can't help me, i understand.

[planetsim]

Its not entirely hard however the average new person to PHP wouldnt be able to accomplish it.

You never gave enough information for this to be done, were is the data going, is there more or will this be all the data seen?

[iamtommy]

there are like 30 files and each one contains thousands of lines identical to the one in my first post. it is going into a mysql database on the same server the files are on.