RE: [PHP] regex question

> Ok, I give up - help! > I have to read data in exported from an Outlook Express > address book. I have used file() on the address book file to get > in into an \array. The data is CSV, and fields with commas are > quoted. I am trying to use a regex to simply make a dynamic > query string like this for each row. > insert into $db_name('a','b',"hey, this is a quoted field > with commas",.....) > I am trying to use the PCRE to do this. How would I do this? There is a feature of mySQL (if that is what you are using; I'm sure that most other flavors of SQL would have it but am unsure) that you should look into and could make your life infinitely easier: LOAD DATA INFILE it is a godsend for situation like this. Chris