How to I split this up

[Anon]

Hey guys,

I am wondering how I can take a file, like /etc/passwd and then separate every line so that every word can be put into an array or variable and then sent into an html table.

thanks,

Ben LeMasurier

[maxpup979]

check out fgets in the manual(and if you want so separate the stuff on the lines, look at explode)

[Anon]

here is what i have and it is not working...

<?php

$fd = fopen ("/etc/passwd", "r");
while (!feof ($fd)) {
$data = fgets($fd, 4096);
}
fclose ($fd);

list($user,$pass,$uid,$gid,$gecos,$home,$shell) = explode(":",$data);

for($i=0;$i<50;$i++){
echo("<table><tr><td>$user<td>$pass<td>$uid<td>$gid<td>$gecos<td>$home<td>$shell</td></tr></table>");
}
?>

[maxpup979]

OK...the variable data is ONE LINE. So the way you have things set up, you are actually throwing away all of your data...just reorder things a bit...
<?php
$fd = fopen ("/etc/passwd", "r");
while (!feof ($fd)) {
$data = fgets($fd, 4096);
list($user,$pass,$uid,$gid,$gecos,$home,$shell) = explode(":",$data);
echo("<table><tr><td>$user<td>$pass<td>$uid<td>$gid<td>$gecos<td>$home<td>$shell</td></tr></table>");
}
fclose ($fd);

Hope this helps
Darren

[Anon]

Hey thanks alot Darren

-Ben