RE: [PHP] Help Needed with CSV & PHP

Try explode(); Sincerely berber Visit http://www.weberdev.com Today!!! To see where PHP might take you tomorrow. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Gifford [mailto:mike@openconcept.on.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 10:22 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Help Needed with CSV & PHP > > > Hello, > > I would like to know how to best seperate fields of human input using > PHP. > > I was using strtok: > > $tok = strtok($dataarray[$viewcard-1],":"); > > but it was clearly pointed out that any user that inputed > data using the > a colon would screw it up. > > I was going to try to switch over to using Comma Seperated > Values (CSV) > in PHP, with something like this: > while ($dataarray[$viewcard-1] = > fgetcsv($dataarray[$viewcard-1],4000, > ":")) { > > but I think that I would run into the same problems. > > What's the best way to go about not allowing user input mess up this > script? I've pasted the whole (faulty) script below: > > <?php > // Text file for saving cards > $cardfile="cardfile.txt"; > > // Load Cardflie into array and view specified file. > $dataarray=file("$cardfile"); > $httpcounter=0; > $tok = strtok($dataarray[$viewcard-1],":"); > > > /* > Commented out stuff I was trying. > while ($dataarray[$viewcard-1] = fgetcsv($dataarray[$viewcard-1],4000, > ":")) { > > string strtok(string arg1, string arg2); > $tok = strtok($string," "); > while($tok) { > echo "Word=$tok<br>"; > $tok = strtok(" "); > > array fgetcsv(int fp, int length, string [delimiter]); > while ($data = fgetcsv($fp,1000, ",")) { > $num = count($data); > print "<p> $num fields in line $row: <br>"; > $row++; > for ( $c=0; $c<$num; $c++ ) print $data[$c] . "<br>"; > */ > > while($tok){ > > if ($httpcounter == 0) { > echo ""; > } elseif($httpcounter == 1){ > echo "<table BORDER=0 > WIDTH=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td ALIGN=CENTER > VALIGN=TOP>\n<IMG src=\"graphics/$tok\">\n</td>\n "; > } elseif ($httpcounter == 2) { > echo "<td VALIGN=TOP>\n<table BORDER=0 > CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 > COLS=2 > WIDTH=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<b>To:</b>\n</td>\n<td>\n<a > href=\"mailto:$tok\">"; > } elseif ($httpcounter == 3) { > echo "$tok</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n"; > } elseif ($httpcounter == 4) { > echo "<tr>\n<td>\n<b>From:</b></td>\n<td>\n<a > href=\"mailto:$tok\">"; > } elseif ($httpcounter == 5) { > echo "$tok</a>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n"; > } elseif ($httpcounter == 6) { > echo > > "<B>Message:</B><BR>$tok</td>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n"; > } else { } > $tok = strtok(":"); > $httpcounter++; > } > echo "Would you like to send a <A HREF=\"send.phtml\">reply > card</A>?\n"; > ?> > > Thanks! > > Mike > -- > Mike A. Gifford OpenConcept Consulting > Mike@OpenConcept.On.Ca Http://www.OpenConcept.On.Ca > Web Design, Hosting, Graphic Design & Site Promotion > Featured Site --> Http://WTOAction.Org > > -- > 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 >