04-06-2011
Reading File Enquiry
Hi There,
I am a beginner when it comes to writing scripts in LINUX so please bear with me when it comes to the question as it is probably a very simple issue.
I am just using some free time to write some LINUX scripts and have just worked ona very basic program that allows a user to input their name and then enter their top ten films. The user input is then written to a file using the following command :
echo "$input1,$input2.....etc" >> filename
In the output file the data is stored as below
input1,input2,etc
I am trying to find the right code to be able to assign the data from the output file to indiviual variables when reading from the output file. As there are liking to be spaces seperating word in the film title the only thing that is unique to seperate each instance is the ,
Is there some coding that I can use to complete this operation??
Sorry if the wording is not completely friendly but like I said I'm a beginner here so trying to do my best lol
RedAlex76
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EXPLODE(3) 1 EXPLODE(3)
explode - Split a string by string
SYNOPSIS
array explode (string $delimiter, string $string, [int $limit])
DESCRIPTION
Returns an array of strings, each of which is a substring of $string formed by splitting it on boundaries formed by the string $delimiter.
PARAMETERS
o $delimiter
- The boundary string.
o $string
- The input string.
o $limit
- If $limit is set and positive, the returned array will contain a maximum of $limit elements with the last element containing the
rest of $string. If the $limit parameter is negative, all components except the last -$limit are returned. If the $limit parame-
ter is zero, then this is treated as 1.
Note
Although implode(3) can, for historical reasons, accept its parameters in either order, explode(3) cannot. You must ensure that the
$delimiter argument comes before the $string argument.
RETURN VALUES
Returns an array of strings created by splitting the $string parameter on boundaries formed by the $delimiter.
If $delimiter is an empty string (""), explode(3) will return FALSE. If $delimiter contains a value that is not contained in $string and a
negative $limit is used, then an empty array will be returned, otherwise an array containing $string will be returned.
CHANGELOG
+--------+-----------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+-----------------------------------------+
| 5.1.0 | |
| | |
| | Support for negative $limits was added |
| | |
+--------+-----------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
explode(3) examples
<?php
// Example 1
$pizza = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";
$pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);
echo $pieces[0]; // piece1
echo $pieces[1]; // piece2
// Example 2
$data = "foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";
list($user, $pass, $uid, $gid, $gecos, $home, $shell) = explode(":", $data);
echo $user; // foo
echo $pass; // *
?>
Example #2
explode(3) return examples
<?php
/*
A string that doesn't contain the delimiter will simply
return a one-length array of the original string.
*/
$input1 = "hello";
$input2 = "hello,there";
var_dump( explode( ',', $input1 ) );
var_dump( explode( ',', $input2 ) );
?>
The above example will output:
array(1)
(
[0] => string(5) "hello"
)
array(2)
(
[0] => string(5) "hello"
[1] => string(5) "there"
)
Example #3
$limit parameter examples
<?php
$str = 'one|two|three|four';
// positive limit
print_r(explode('|', $str, 2));
// negative limit (since PHP 5.1)
print_r(explode('|', $str, -1));
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
[0] => one
[1] => two|three|four
)
Array
(
[0] => one
[1] => two
[2] => three
)
NOTES
Note
This function is binary-safe.
SEE ALSO
preg_split(3), str_split(3), mb_split(3), str_word_count(3), strtok(3), implode(3).
PHP Documentation Group EXPLODE(3)