Re: 2D array from file

have you thought of just using http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unserialize.php its alot easier. -- Chris Lee lee@mediawaveonline.com "John Frenzel" <jfrenze@attglobal.net> wrote in message news:20010926173648.56589.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I have created a 2D array, then written it into a tet file. The file is > written such that all the secondary array elements (the rows) are seperate > lines, with the "columns" tab-delimited. Now I'd like to read this file back > into a 2D array. I thought this should work: > > > $array_file = file ("array.dat"); > for ($k=0; $k <= 63; $k++) > { > $array[$k] = explode( "\t", $array_file[$k] ); > } > > I know that $array[$k] is a valid variable, and that explode returns an > array, so I'm not clear why this isn't working. If I use $array = explode( > "\t", $array_file[$k] ); I get the line without any trouble. What am I > missing? > > Thanks > > --- John Frenzel > >