Lloyd. :-)
At 11:36 PM 14/07/2003 +0000, you wrote:
Lloyd Bayley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings All! > > I'm still in the learning stages of PHP and require some help with a small > problem. > > I need to take a text file which looks like this (and no I can't get it > output in CSV - damn and blast!) > > user1 26:48:59 6 logins 4:28:09 hrs/login > user2 19:07:50 33 logins 0:34:46 hrs/login > user3 12:12:04 18 logins 0:40:40 hrs/login > user4 9:48:58 9 logins 1:05:26 hrs/login > > > What I want to do (in PHP) is read the list in and search for a username, > then display the associated statistics for that user. > I'm hoping to get the logistics right first before wrapping it in a form. > Breaking it up into a list works well, except for the fact that the spaces > between elements are not necessarily the same. (bother!)
> Any suggestions, like for example to convert a string of spaces (greater > than 1) to a comma perhaps to facilitate easier list building?
Assuming you read each line of the file into a variable called $line: //replace more than one space to a comma $newline = ereg_replace(' +', ',', $line);
Translates: user1 26:48:59 6 logins 4:28:09 hrs/login
To: user1,26:48:59,6 logins,4:28:09 hrs/login
> > Cheers, > > Lloyd. :-) > PS: I'm an old Coldfusion programmer who has seen the light....so I have > the logics but can't translate it to PHP...therefore, I'm here! :-)
Good to hear that!
HTH,
Curt --
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