Re: Read one word in file

You might want to use:- $aryQbuff = file("/pathto/filename", "r"); You will then have each line of the file in an array. Then:- $intNumLines = count($aryQbuff); for($i=0;$i<=$intNumLines;$i++) { $intQnum = explode(".", $aryQbuff[$i]); // $intQnum now has the question number in it // Do some processing } This is just one way - there are plenty of others. Chris "Andrew V. Romero" wrote: > I have a php script that reads a file that looks something like this: > > 1. Question One goes here: > 2. Question two goes here: > > I need someway to have the script just read either the 1. or just the 1 > When I first made the script I just had the program read the line using > $questionBuffer = fgets($wq, 4096); and then I got the number by using > a substring message: $currentQuestion = substr("$questionBuffer",0,1); > and this works fine until I hit questions like 10 11... > So how should I go about just getting the question number, ideally I > would like to just read up until the first space is encountered. Is > there a function to do that or will I need to create a for loop that > goes through and compares each substring of 1 character to " ", and then > once that " " is found, create a substring up until that " " character > was found? Any ideas? > --Andrew V. Romero > To reply personally, remove all numbers from my address. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Chris Fry Quillsoft Pty Ltd Specialists in Secure Internet Services and E-Commerce Solutions 10 Gray Street Kogarah NSW 2217 Australia Phone: +61 2 9553 1691 Fax: +61 2 9553 1692 Mobile: 0419 414 323 eMail: chris@quillsoft.com.au http://www.quillsoft.com.au You can download our Public CA Certificate from:- https://ca.secureanywhere.com/htdocs/cacert.crt ********************************************************************** This information contains confidential information intended only for the use of the authorised recipient. If you are not an authorised recipient of this e-mail, please contact Quillsoft Pty Ltd by return e-mail. In this case, you should not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on this e-mail or any attachments, and should destroy all copies of them. This e-mail and any attachments may also contain copyright material belonging to Quillsoft Pty Ltd. The views expressed in this e-mail or attachments are the views of the author and not the views of Quillsoft Pty Ltd. You should only deal with the material contained in this e-mail if you are authorised to do so. This notice should not be removed.