Record by Record

[chrisleon]

Is there a way to open a file and read each line or record sequentially?

ie.

IHDI171800
IRTEST FOODS
ISTEST & COMPANY 0353757570001 5520 W. HAROLD GATTY RD
IBNICHOLAS & COMPANY 035375570001 P.O. BOX 45005
II002100066627 SUBWAY 8/64Z REG MAYO 13.57

II002100067747 SUBWAY 8/64Z LT MAYO 10.23

II002100072433 SUBWAY 200/7/16Z LT MAYO POU 7.2
lT3 7640.49 7747.20 7485.55

The first line is a header record, prefaced with IH, next is an IR record, IR etc....

Each line represents a distinct value, and I need a way to read in this file, find the indicators and capture the data on that line.

Is this possible in php?

Thanx in advance for any help on this subject.

[Installer]

You could use file() or fgets().

[ezekiel]

looks like edi documents. I'm working on a similar project. Do you know if there is always line breaks or do you have to deal with special characters as well? either way, due to my project's "requirements" i explode each line into an array the process each element per line so i can grab the appropriate data.

As Installer suggested, use file or fgets to initially grab your data.

[stiduck]

See if this can help you:

<?PHP

// Path and filename to the file you want to read
$filename = "thefile.txt";

// Open, reads and closes the file
$handle = fopen($filename, "r");
$contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);

// Spilts the $content in every new line
$lines = preg_split("/\n/", $contents, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE | PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);

// Loops over $lines
for ($i=0; $i < count($lines); $i++) {

 // Gets the 2 first letter in the line
  $header[$i] = substr($lines[$i], 0, 2);

 // Gets the rest of the line (after 2 letters)
  $data[$i] = substr($lines[$i], 2);

 // Output - Remove this when you don't need it...
  echo "<b>$header[$i]:</b> $data[$i]<br>";

}

?>

This will output this:
IH: DI171800
IR: TEST FOODS
IS: TEST & COMPANY 0353757570001 5520 W. HAROLD GATTY RD
IB: NICHOLAS & COMPANY 035375570001 P.O. BOX 45005
II: 002100066627 SUBWAY 8/64Z REG MAYO 13.57
II: 002100067747 SUBWAY 8/64Z LT MAYO 10.23
II: 002100072433 SUBWAY 200/7/16Z LT MAYO POU 7.2
lT: 3 7640.49 7747.20 7485.