This isn't tested, but should work :)
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
$to = '';
$subject = '';
$message = '';
$matches = array();
$data = file( $file );
foreach( $data as $id => $line )
{
if( ereg( '^<TO>(.*)$', $line, $matches ) )
{
$to = trim( $matches[1] );
unset( $data[$id] );
}
else
if( ereg( '^<FROM>(.*)$', $line, $matches ) )
{
$from = trim( $matches[1] );
unset( $data[$id] );
}
}
$message = implode( '', $data );
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
Cheers,
Rob.
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 11:46, Susan Ator wrote:
> I have a text file with the following format:
>
> <TO> name
> <SUBJECT> stuff
> <MESSAGE>
> message text
> message text
> message text
>
> I need to be able to assign a variable to the data like so:
>
> $to = "everything to the left of <TO>";
> $subject = "everything to the left of <SUBJECT>";
> $message = "everything to the left of <MESSAGE>";
>
> so
>
> $to = "name";
> $subject = "stuff";
> $message = "message text\nmessage text\nmessage text\n";
>
> This is how it's being done in perl:
>
> open(INPUT, $file) or die "couldn't open $file for reading: $!\n";
> while (defined (my $line = <INPUT>)) {
> chomp $line;
> field_found($line,"<TO>",\$to);
> field_found($line,"<SUBJECT>",\$subject);
> field_found($line,"<MESSAGE>",\$message);
> }
>
> sub field_found(@_) {
> my $line = shift;
> my $fld = shift;
> my $val = shift;
>
> my $pos = index($line,$fld);
> if ($pos == 0) { # found field
> my $flen = length $fld;
> my $llen = length $line;
> $$val = substr($line,$flen,$llen);
> } # found field
> }
>
> How in the world can I translate this to php?
>
> sa
>
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