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Create a 2 dimentional array (rows and columns) out of a semicolon delimited text file. by Travis Barney

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By	PHP Code Exchange
Level	Intermediate
User Rating	5.0 (10 globes from 2 users)
Compatibility	PHP 3.0, PHP 4.0
Category	Files
World	PHP
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Source Code

/* ------ Code -------------------------------- */
function splice($filename){
 if(file_exists($filename)){
  global $value; $value=array("0"); // clear the array.
  $rows=file($filename); // break text file into a rows array
  for($num=0;$num < count($rows); ++$num){
   $column=split(";",$rows[$num]);
   $value[$num]=$column;}}}
/* ------ Notes --------------------------------
 Useage:
 1) create a ; delimited text file.. ie:
  r1c1;r1c2;r1c3;r1c4;r1c5
  r2c1;r2c2;r2c3;r2c4;r2c5
  r3c1;r3c2;r3c3;r3c4;r3c5
  r4c1;r4c2;r4c3;r4c4;r4c5
  r5c1;r5c2;r5c3;r5c4;r5c5
  r6c1;r6c2;r6c3;r6c4;r6c5
 2) save it what you like..
  example.txt
 3) run the splice function..
  splice("example.txt")
 4) access the values of the array..
  echo $value[3][4];
  will print: r3c4
Would be good for a flat file text database type of system.
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