Re: [PHP] Null character as field seperator in a string.
Hey.. yeah I might.. I don't know if I am right or just blabbering crap but try to add these param's to your regex statement.. preg_split(/\0/i, $buffer); note the i.. It should let it read past newlines.. although you're prob is with null (\0) chars.. as I said.. Don't know if I am on the right track.. but it's worth a go eh?? good luck.. - Original Message - From: Dave MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 8:26 PM Subject: [PHP] Null character as field seperator in a string. For historic reasons, I have a file that contains a number of records in which the fields are seperated by the NULL character, i.e, field1\0field2\0field3\0field4 I need to parse out the fields from this string. The string is read into the program using $buffer = fgets(...). This would be no problem in Perl or C but I cannot get this to work in PHP. I have tried using preg_split(/\0/, $buffer); But this fails. I've tried walking through the string but it seems that $buffer only has the content up to the first NULL character. Does anyone have a simple solution to this problem. Regards Dave -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Null character as field seperator in a string.
Hey.. yeah I might.. I don't know if I am right or just blabbering crap but try to add these param's to your regex statement.. preg_split(/\0/i, $buffer); note the i.. It should let it read past newlines.. although you're prob is with null (\0) chars.. as I said.. Don't know if I am on the right track.. but it's worth a go eh?? Unfortunatly I get the message Warning: No ending delimiter '/' found in when I try this. It appears that PHP is interpreting the \0 as a string terminator for the pattern match :( Dave -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Null character as field seperator in a string.
On Monday 29 April 2002 18:26, Dave MacRae wrote: For historic reasons, I have a file that contains a number of records in which the fields are seperated by the NULL character, i.e, field1\0field2\0field3\0field4 I need to parse out the fields from this string. The string is read into the program using $buffer = fgets(...). This would be no problem in Perl or C but I cannot get this to work in PHP. I have tried using preg_split(/\0/, $buffer); But this fails. I've tried walking through the string but it seems that $buffer only has the content up to the first NULL character. Try using fread() to get your file (it's binary safe). Then use: explode(chr(0), $buffer); to separate your fields. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * /* I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. -- Aristotle */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Null character as field seperator in a string.
On Monday 29 April 2002 18:26, Dave MacRae wrote: For historic reasons, I have a file that contains a number of records in which the fields are seperated by the NULL character, i.e, field1\0field2\0field3\0field4 I need to parse out the fields from this string. The string is read into the program using $buffer = fgets(...). This would be no problem in Perl or C but I cannot get this to work in PHP. I have tried using preg_split(/\0/, $buffer); But this fails. I've tried walking through the string but it seems that $buffer only has the content up to the first NULL character. Try using fread() to get your file (it's binary safe). Then use: explode(chr(0), $buffer); to separate your fields. I'm beginning to think this may be the only solution. I now have to figure out how to process the records as I'm looking for the data in a particular line in the file, this should be fairly easy. Thanks. Dave -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
