Re: Search a flat file.

Be warned that explode won't work as expected if any of your fields contain colons, though it doesn't look like it'll be an issue in this sort of case. "Gaylen Fraley" <gfraley5@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:20020608031439.22982.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Use the explode() function based on the colon. Then parse the 2nd array > element for the username that you want. If matched, display all elements in > that array row. Conversely you could use the implode() to reassemble the > array row. > [...] > > "Tom Ray" <tom@blazestudios.com> wrote in message > news:3D017461.6070709@blazestudios.com... > > I want to be able to search a flat file line by line looking for data > > such as a username then display all the information in that line. Is > > there some way to search the following format: > > > > record1:username:info:info:info > > record2:username:info:info:info > > record3:username:info:info:info > >