Re: working with files

I'm new to php, and i tried file() no luck $lines = file('$filename'); foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line) { print ("<option value=\"$line\">$line</option>"); } thanx for the help "Dvdmandt" <dvdmandt@telia.com> wrote in message news:20040128200105.82576.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Did you try file(); ? > > -- > // DvDmanDT > MSN: dvdmandt¤hotmail.com > Mail: dvdmandt¤telia.com > "Tony" <awardd@essex.ac.uk> skrev i meddelandet > news:20040128195257.55560.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > hi, > > > > i have problem with writing a reading to file > > i want to write emails in files. like this > > email1@email1.com > > email2@email2.com > > email3@email3.com > > etc...... > > > > this is how I write to the file > > > > $handle = fopen($filename, "a"); > > fwrite($handle,"$email\n",128); > > fclose($handle); > > > > > > ok it writes everything just fine but now i want to read the file line by > > line and print line by line. > > this is how i do it. > > > > <?php > > $handle = fopen ($filename, "r"); > > > > do { > > $data = fread($handle, 128); > > if (strlen($data) == 0) { > > break; > > } > > print ("$data<br>"); > > } while (true); > > fclose($handle); > > ?> > > > > > > > > the problem i get then is everything is printed in one line. > > > > > > > > any help is appreciated.