load info from text doc

vixtran

Hello all.. I was wondering if there was a way to load different paragraphs say 5 or 10 to different pages using a text document. I am pretty new to php and have read alot, but seem to be missing something. I can get the whole doc to load of course, but cant seem to get it to stop where I want. I am new and have been reading, but I missing something..

thanks in advance!

here is the code I got from the net since I am new at this:

the code

$textfile= "../doc/info.txt";
$handle = fopen($textfile, "r");
$contents = fread($handle, filesize($textfile));
fclose($handle);

$content = explode("&noah=", $contents);
print($content[1]);

example data...

just plain text document with multiple paragraphs

for example:

case above:

&noah= blah blah approx 400 characters.

next paragraph

&sarah= blah blah approx 300 characters.

and about 10 paragraphs below

example output:

full paragraph displayed on data specific web page

bogu

Well u need to read more carefull explode() function

Use the same separator...

Ex.

$sep = ";";
$string = "1;2;3;4;5";
$content = explode($sep,$string);
print_r($content);

vixtran

thank you for your help.. I got it done a different way with the help of a friend.. what this will do is use a text file just to pull decriptions from.. dont knwo if it can be done easier.. but it works great for me..see below..

PHP Code:

<?php 
$textfile= "../doc/info.txt"; 
$handle = fopen($textfile, "r"); 
$contents = fread($handle, filesize($textfile)); 
fclose($handle); 
$output = preg_match('/\[sarah\]([^\]]+)\[/', $contents, $matches);  

print  $matches[1]  

?>

DATA:info.txt

[sarah]Sarah’s Room <br>
This former parlor has been professionally transformed into a delightful and convenient downstairs.. blah blah balh [ehome]

[noah]Noah’s Room <br>
This former parlor has been professionally transformed into a delightful and convenient downstairs.. blah blah balh [ehome]

and so on..

Output: on code inserted page..

Sarah’s Room

This former parlor has been professionally transformed into a delightful and convenient downstairs