Using .csv/text file to populate an array?

[otherslost]

This is my first post here & hopefullythis is the right spot for this question.

I have a mysql db that takes data from a c-shell script and I built a web interface to access the data in a very clean manner. Everything works how it's supposed to and the layout is exactly what I was after.

Now I want to be able to pass multiple search terms to the page and have it find and display all the entries on one page.

I was thinking that I would need to upload the text/csv file to the server then parse each line of the file and put them into an array that I can then write a foreach loop to find all of the entries I am searching for.

I have anywhere from 50-100+ items to search for at a time and it would be great to have a way that I can automate the process without having to input each search term individually.

Does anyone have any ideas how I should go about doing this?

Thanks in advance for any help anone can offer.

[Weedpacket]

Have a look at the [man]fgetcsv[/man] function.

[otherslost]

I tried that the other day without success but I most likely used the incorrect syntax. I will giv it a shot again tomorrow.

Thanks for the input.