Complete newb. help

Anon

Hi,
I'm a total newbie with php, so this means I'd be very grateful if you didn't assume I knew anything 🙂
Anyway, what I need is a page that loads a text file (thetext.txt) as SSI would when I use "".
The problem is, the text file is also used by the flash part of the website, which means it sets a variable at the beginning. It looks like this:
_root.text=text goes here&eof=1
But I only want the "text goes here" part to appear. The problem is I can't do this with SSI, is it possible with php?
Thanks for reading,
M.

Anon

is thereany reason for _root.text=text goes here&eof=1 and not &text=text goes here&eof=1? anyway... i'm not sure this is the best solution but try experimenting with the explode function with & or = http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php and convert the text into an array. although you should then avoid using & = in the &text variable.

Anon

well, the real problem is I can't change anything inside the text file, since it's formatted to work in flash.
The explode array method looks interesting but is a bit out of reach for now (I'm completely new to this 🙂)
I might have to hire somebody to get the job done correctly.