Re: Help Needed with CSV & PHP

Hey Berber, Boaz Yahav wrote: > Try explode(); How will this avoid the problem of confusing what separates the different elements. $pizza = "$piece1:$piece2:$piece3:$piece4:$piece5:$piece6"; $pieces = explode(":", $pizza); Will still be confused if a user enters in a : in $piece2 won't it? Mike > > > -----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 > > > > -- > 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 -- 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