I will try it now...Thank you. "John Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 000301c22dbe$b5caacf0$b402a8c0@mango">news:000301c22dbe$b5caacf0$b402a8c0@mango... > File() will read the file into an array, each element of the array will > be a line from the file. Explode() will then split that line by the > delimiter you choose... > > So something like this: > > $file = file("filename.txt"); > foreach($file as $line) > { > $part = explode(',',$line); > //now you have an array, $part[], > //that holds each element of the > //current line, do what you will > } > > ---John Holmes... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Crane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:17 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] Someone Help please > > > > I am getting data froma website for stock information. If I type in > the > > brower the URL I get a text file display list this; > > > > Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume > > 16-Jul-02,7.92,8.10,7.68,7.82,605500 > > 15-Jul-02,7.98,8.02,7.59,8.02,577200 > > 12-Jul-02,7.80,8.00,7.57,7.95,411100 > > 11-Jul-02,7.82,7.94,7.34,7.80,802400 > > > > Now I want to break each line and then seperate each line by the > commas. > > The > > amount of linesin the file is never known so I assume I have to use > > something like a foreach or while statement,but I am not sure the best > way > > to do it. This is what I have so far. > > > > $Symbol = "IKN"; $LookupUrl = > > "http://demos.inxdesign.com/download?sym=$Symbol&format=.txt";; > $Results = > > implode('', file("$LookupUrl")); > > $Data = array(); split("\n", $Results) = array_push($Data, $line) > > > > The end result I am trying to get is each line to be an element in an > > array. > > Later I will go back and stepthrough each element of the array and > then > > split that by the commas and have it output into an HTML table.At > least > > this > > is the best way I can think to deal with it. I suppose a better way to > do > > this would be to make this an associative array and have the data of > each > > line be associated with the date then I could producea variable > something > > like $StockData[16-Jul-02][value], but I don't know how to do any of > that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
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