note 50050 added to function.explode

ok, i want to explode this text file that contains many news articles, each article is stored like this: unixtime|username|title|shortstory|longstory|||| so, how do i open the text file, then explode it, and make each part a variable, e.g. unixtime, username, etc. what is the code for this? (sorry im really bad at php) ??, Thanks, Tim ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+50050 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50050&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50050&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50050&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50050&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50050&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+50050&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php