Yep, that did it. Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest E Vogelsinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Beauford.2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "PHP General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Sorting a file
> At 16:41 28.02.2003, Beauford.2002 spoke out and said:
> --------------------[snip]--------------------
> >I have the file below which I need to sort by player and then rewrite it,
> >this file will then be used as part of another part of my input process
on
> >my site. A couple of things. I am able to read the file into an array
using
> >'file', I think, but I am not able to sort it. I have tried different
> >variatons of 'sort' and it doesn't do it properly. One other question
> >though, when I display the contents of the array in my browser, I only
get
> >the players name and not the <Option VALUE=?>, I am assuming this is
because
> >of the way IE has interpreted it and that the entire line did actually
get
> >read, but who knows.
> >
> ><Option VALUE=1>Bonk
> ><Option VALUE=3>Alfredsson
> ><Option VALUE=4>Neil
> ><Option VALUE=5>Chara
> ><Option VALUE=7>Lalime
> ><Option VALUE=15>Hossa
> ><Option VALUE=18>Phillips
> ><Option VALUE=20>Redden
> ><Option VALUE=21>Havlat
> --------------------[snip]--------------------
>
> Try something like this (untested):
> $array = file($infile);
>
> // exchange the <option> and name parts
> // <option value="something">Name
> // will become
> // Name<option value="something">
> $array = preg_replace('/(<.*?>)(.*)/', '$2$1', $array);
>
> // now sort the array
> $array = sort($array);
>
> // exchange the parts back
> $array = preg_replace('/(.*?)(<.*>)/', '$2$1', $array);
>
> // and finally save it to a file
>
> >though, when I display the contents of the array in my browser, I only
get
> >the players name and not the <Option VALUE=?>, I am assuming this is
because
> >of the way IE has interpreted it and that the entire line did actually
get
> >read, but who knows.
>
> Try echoing using htmlentities(), IE (and all other browsers) will need to
> eat the "<option>" parts - it's a valid html tag (even outside a form)
>
>
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