Hi Devs,
as this is the first time I post to this list, I hope I do the right thing.
I programmed a nice little function, that is not very nitty but might
be useful for other users as well.
See the script below.
Cheers!
--
{Bis bald
Frederic;}
____________
<?
// function to read a 'fixed lenght' text file in an array
// delivers an array containg the values
//
// $string = string to read
// $lengths = array containing the lenghts of the input fields
// $number = number of fields/columns
//
// Usage read_fl(string string, array lengths, int number)
function read_fl ($string, $lengths, $number)
{
// tests
if (!is_array($lengths)) $err = "$lengths is not an array";
$lang = count($lengths);
if ($lang != $number) $err ="number of fields/columns and number of
length statements does not match";
if (!$err) {
$start = 0;
$i = 0;
foreach ($eingabel�nge as $wert)
{
$i++;
$tmp[] = substr($zeile, $start,
$wert);
$start = $start + $wert;
}
foreach ($tmp as $zahl) echo $zahl."<br>";
}
if ($err) return $err;
else return $tmp;
}
?>
--
PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/>
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php