RE: [PHP] getting fields out of a csv file

> > Try something like this: > > $fd = fopen ("/tmp/inputfile.txt", "r"); > > $count = 0; > > while (!feof($fd)) > > { > > $stuff = fgets($fd, 4096); > > $data[$count] = explode(",", $stuff); > > $count++; > > } > > fclose ($fd); > > > > This would give you a multi-dimensional array of all your > > data indexed by > > count and the number of colums. > Thanks, this works great. Be *very* careful with the above suggestion. If you have a string like this: 1, "Joe Bob", "Hey, This is my favorite language", 28, 1976 You are screwed because the 3rd element ( "Hey, This is my favorite language" ) will get turned into the 3rd and the 4th elements containgin "Hey" and "This is my favorite language", respectively. > Now I'm wondering how to sort on > one of the fields (happens to be a date). It is the fourth field, > so I'm trying somehow to sort on $data[any][4] > Any suggestions? I don't believe you can do this... Chris