Jon, I've done something similar with strtr(), pulling the array from a database and swapping the result set into a file. $fd = fopen ($file, "r"); $string = fread ($fd, filesize ($template)); fclose ($fd); $array = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC); echo (strtr($string, $array)); just my .02: regards, jaxon On 3/8/01 10:53 PM, "enthalpy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ok so im using fopen to read a file split each line in to an array. Check > those variables against the same situation with a different file. Replace > a string in the second file with a string in the first file. Then rewrite > the line with the new variable. > > here is a small example of how im opening and exploding the lines > > $fpoint1 = fopen ($newfile,"r") or die("couldnt open working file"); > while ($data = fgetcsv ($fpoint1, $newfilesize, " ")) { > $num = count ($data); > echo "$num fields in line $row: \n"; > for ($c=0; $c<$num; $c++) { > > } > > im opening the second file the same way and if data[0] and data2[0] are = > then it will replace the strings. > > anyway if i made any sense at all i think you will know what im talking > about. > > <-----CoreComm-Internet-Services---http://core.com-----> > (Jon Marshall CoreComm Services Chicago) > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Engineer II) > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Operations) > <-----Enthalpy.org-------------http://enthalpy.org-----> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] The World of Nothing) > <------------------------------------------------------> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]