Here is a snippet from my dhcp web page found on my site below... Not
exactly what you want, but could help you start...
// read in the dhcp_map.ini file to map MAC addresses to images
$mapFile = "./dhcp_map.ini";
if( $fp = @fopen($mapFile, "r") )
{
while( $line = fgets($fp, 1024) )
if ($line{0} != "#") $tempMap .= $line; // strip
out # comments
} else echo "ERROR: Can't read ".$mapFile."<BR>";
fclose ($fp);
$map = explode("\n", $tempMap);
//print_r($map);
for($i = 0; $i < count($map); $i++)
{
list($mac, $image, $name) = preg_split("/\s/",$map[$i], -1,
PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
//if ( array_key_exists($mac, $machine))
$machine[$mac]->setImage($image);
if ( isset($machine[$mac]) )
$machine[$mac]->setImage($image);
if ( isset($machine[$mac]) && $name != "" &&
$machine[$mac]->getName() == "") $machine[$mac]->name = $name;
}
unset($tempMap);
unset($map);
# "dhcp_map.ini" file
# MAC ADDRESS: GIF IMAGE: NAME:
00:09:12:86:48:54 linux LINUX
00:0B:AD:31:AA:A6 tivo Thad's
00:0B:AD:08:38:C3 tivo Daevid's
Daevid Vincent
http://daevid.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jsWalter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 1:11 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] there has to be a better way...
>
> I need to read (write comes later) from a config file that we
> used to handle
> manually.
>
> I'm getting lazy, so I'm writing a web interface for this.
>
> What I have does this...
> - open a given file
> - dump entire file into a string
> - explode string into an array at the EOL marker
> - walk down this new array
> - decide if there is anything in current element
> - decide if current line is a comment
> - split line at '=' into 2 variables
> - add new key and value from these variables back into array
> - kill original array element
>
> There must be a better way to do this.
>
> All this seems a bit over kill to me.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Walter
>
> This is what I have...
>
> <?php
>
> $config = $list . '/home/walter/vmd/config';
>
> // Open the file
> $handle = fopen ($config, "r");
>
> // Read entire file into var
> $content = fread($handle, filesize($config));
>
> // convert var into array and explode file via line break
> $content = split("\r\n", $content);
>
> // close file
> fclose($handle);
>
> // Loop through file contents array
> foreach ($content as $i => $value)
> {
> // If we have any data in this line
> if (! empty ($value))
> {
> // If this line is not a comment
> if ( $value{0} != '#')
> {
> list($a, $b) = split("=", $value);
> $content[$a] = $b;
> }
>
> // kill original array element
> unset($content[$i]);
> }
> }
>
> // show me what I have
> echo '<pre>';
> echo print_r($content);
> echo '</pre>';
>
> ?>
>
> # Sample config file data, just 2 lines from the file...
> #
> # The "Personal Name" of the list, used in outgoing headers.
> # If empty, default is the same as the list's username.
> # if explicitly `false', then it is redefined empty.
> LIST_NAME="RMT Working Group"
>
> # The address of the list's admin or owner.
> # if explicitly `false', then it is redefined empty.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ...
>
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