> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lloyd Bayley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 15 July 2003 00:21
>
> I'm still in the learning stages of PHP and require some help
> with a small
> problem.
>
> I need to take a text file which looks like this (and no I
> can't get it
> output in CSV - damn and blast!)
>
> user1 26:48:59 6 logins 4:28:09 hrs/login
> user2 19:07:50 33 logins 0:34:46 hrs/login
> user3 12:12:04 18 logins 0:40:40 hrs/login
> user4 9:48:58 9 logins 1:05:26 hrs/login
>
>
> What I want to do (in PHP) is read the list in and search for
> a username,
> then display the associated statistics for that user.
> I'm hoping to get the logistics right first before wrapping
> it in a form.
> Breaking it up into a list works well, except for the fact
> that the spaces
> between elements are not necessarily the same. (bother!)
>
> Any suggestions, like for example to convert a string of
> spaces (greater
> than 1) to a comma perhaps to facilitate easier list building?
Try
preg_split('/ +/', $line);
to get an array of the values on a single line. You could easily do this to
each line of the file and build an array of arrays to give you the full data
structure. With a bit of judicious manipulation, you could even use the
usernames as the key of the outer array.
Cheers!
Mike
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