removing text from a text file

[Anon]

Hey everyone!

I have a text file that looks like this:

<BMWGUY71> ; [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX] ; [MM-DD-YYYY HH:MM:SS] ; hey what's up everyone?
<COOLDUDE4U> ; [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX] ; [MM-DD-YYYY HH:MM:SS] ; hey i'm doing ok

in this text file there are two lines of text, it used in my chat room.

Basically I want to read certain parts of the text file only.

<????> is the chatter's username. [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX] is the chatter's ip address and then the date, along with the message. Each block of info is seperated by a ' ; '

In the chat window, I want it to print the text file like this..

<BMWGUY71> hey what's up everyone?
<COOLDUDE4U> hey i'm doing ok

The other information is hidden for admin use and shouldn't be printed out. Also at the end of each line i want a break so the person's name will always start to the left of the screen.

I need some help on how to do this.

Thanks so much in advance!

[Anon]

Try a little something like this (a bit messy, but it accomplishes what you want):
<?
$infile = fopen("Input.txt","r");
$outfile = fopen("Output.txt","w");
while (!feof($infile)){
$line = fgets($infile,4096);
list($user, $ip, $time, $message) = split(" ; ",$line,4);
fputs($outfile, "$user $message");
}
fclose($outfile);
fclose($infile);
?>