RE: [PHP] Parse from a Text file

You're welcome. we aims to please... -----Original Message----- From: Gerard [mailto:gmuste@tinet.org] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:22 AM To: Rick Emery Subject: Re: [PHP] Parse from a Text file Many thanks Rick ! Much apreciated & very fast :-) Gerard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Emery" <remery@excel.com> To: "'Gerard'" <gmuste@tinet.org>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:18 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Parse from a Text file As you read each line into a variable, $chrText, apply this test: ereg("Visibility: ([0-9]*.*)", $chrText,$regs); EXAMPLE: <?php $chrText = "Visibility: 30 mile(s):0"; ereg("Visibility: ([0-9]*.*)", $chrText,$regs); print "#".$regs[0]."#".$regs[1]."#\n"; $regs= NULL; $chrText = "Wind: from the NE (050 degrees) at 9 MPH (8 KT):0"; ereg("Visibility: ([0-9]*.*)", $chrText,$regs); print "#".$regs[0]."#".$regs[1]."#\n"; ?> You will find what you need in $regs[1] -----Original Message----- From: Gerard [mailto:gmuste@tinet.org] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:44 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Parse from a Text file Hi all, I'm newbiee into php and I need some help. I would like to parse some data from a Text file after some character. For example I have this text file: 1st line Broomfield / Jeffco, CO, United States (KBJC) 39-55N 105-07W 2nd line Jun 04, 2000 - 02:45 PM EST / 2002.03.04 1945 UTC 3rd line Wind: from the NE (050 degrees) at 9 MPH (8 KT):0 4th line Visibility: 30 mile(s):0 And I would like to take only some data from the 4th line "30mile(s):0" and nothing else... Can somebody explain me who to do it ?¿ Many thanks Gerard -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php