Read the contents of a text file into MySql using PHP

[John Smith]

Hi All,

New to this, have the basics, can build a form and such. My problem is I
need to be able to open a file on a pc/s on the network, read the data
character by character, check to see if a certain character is present, if
it is, update the database and continue reading the file until it comes
across the character again, updates the database and so on . . . .

Anybody got any suggestions, all help gratefuly received!!

[Erwin Moller]

Re: Read the contents of a text file into MySql using PHP

John Smith wrote:

Hi All,
>
New to this, have the basics, can build a form and such. My problem is I
need to be able to open a file on a pc/s on the network, read the data
character by character, check to see if a certain character is present, if
it is, update the database and continue reading the file until it comes
across the character again, updates the database and so on . . . .
>
Anybody got any suggestions, all help gratefuly received!!

Hi John,

Go to www.php.net and search for:
- fopen() and file() to open and read files (even over http)
- substr() to get pieces out of a string.
Or use the array-index approach:
$myStr = "hello";
echo $myStr[1]; // will echo e

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[John Smith]

Re: Read the contents of a text file into MySql using PHP

Cheers, I'll give it a go.

"Erwin Moller"
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John Smith wrote:
>

>Hi All,
>>
>New to this, have the basics, can build a form and such. My problem is I
>need to be able to open a file on a pc/s on the network, read the data
>character by character, check to see if a certain character is present,
>if
>it is, update the database and continue reading the file until it comes
>across the character again, updates the database and so on . . . .
>>
>Anybody got any suggestions, all help gratefuly received!!

>
Hi John,
>
Go to www.php.net and search for:
- fopen() and file() to open and read files (even over http)
- substr() to get pieces out of a string.
Or use the array-index approach:
$myStr = "hello";
echo $myStr[1]; // will echo e
>
Regards,
Erwin Moller