RE: [PHP-WIN] reading lines from a file

What do you want to do? Parse the file into tab-delimited data in order to bulk load it into the database? > -----Original Message----- > From: George Pitcher [mailto:george.pitcher@ingenta.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:41 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] reading lines from a file > > > Hi, > > I have a huge file that I want to get into a db format. > > There are over 5000 records and I need to create fieldnames on the fly. > > Each record comprises a number of lines (fields) containing 2 elements > (fieldname [first 5 chars (which need rtrimming)], value [rest of line, some > with lots of text]). > > Some fieldnames are duplicated within a record so I need to rename these by > using a counter which is reset for each record (there are at least 5 > fieldnames that are affected this way - so 5 counters). > > Some values contain subfields so I need to be able to handle these, but this > doesn't look frightening. > > And I would like to end up with an array with keys (fieldnames) and values. > > But I'm stuck at the first hurdle because I can't find out how to put a line > into a string. > > Any pointers? > > George in Oxford > > > === > > George Pitcher > HERON Technical Manager > Ingenta plc > 23-38 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2ET > T +44 (0)1865 799137 direct > T +44 (0)1865 799000 switchboard > F +44 (0)1865 799134 > E george.pitcher@ingenta.com > > www.ingenta.com > Ingenta: Empowering the exchange of academic and professional content > online. > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >