Code needed to make PHP read from text file Properly

**ak1dnar** · Jul 19 '07, 01:55 PM

How is your text file contents apperaing?
Where is the code that you made so far?

Please post them here!

**mwasif** · Jul 19 '07, 01:57 PM

Text I need to display is in a .txt file, and I can't add breaks to it.

Please explain.

Use nl2br() for line breaks.

**kvazar** · Jul 19 '07, 02:29 PM

Here is function code I wrote

<?php
function open_question($ category) {

$file = fopen($category , 'r') or die("Can't open file");
$theData = fread($file, 6800);
fclose($file);
echo $theData;
}
?>

<html>
<body>
<?php
open_question(" ./text.txt");{
?>
</body>
</html>

text.txt just has a bunch of text in it, nothing significant.
for example
text.txt hassuch text in it:

I
need
help

And this is exsactly how I want it to show on my site.
But instead it will all be in one line, like "I need help", and I don't what that!

Hope this explanation helps

**mwasif** · Jul 19 '07, 02:50 PM

Use nl2br().
[PHP]<?php
nl2br(open_ques tion("./text.txt"));
?>[/PHP]

Where you want to print the braces?

**ak1dnar** · Jul 19 '07, 03:00 PM

Still your Question is not clear to me.anyway is this the thing you need.?If not please post back.

php script
[code=php]
<?php
function open_question($ category) {
$file = fopen($category , 'r') or die("Can't open file");
$theData = fread($file, 6800);
fclose($file);
$delimiter = "\n";
$splitcontents = explode($delimi ter, $theData);
foreach( $splitcontents as $record )
{
echo $record.'<br>';
}
}
open_question(" ./text.txt");
?>
[/code]

text.txt

Code:

I
need sdsds oklsdkdkskfldsf
help
ldjkfgdlkglkdflgl

**kvazar** · Jul 19 '07, 03:11 PM

Yes!!! That has worked perfectly.
I am sorry for being a bit unclear with my questions. But yes! That is exsactly what I needed.

Now, is there also a way for me to add code that will for esample omit line 3.help?

thanks

**ak1dnar** · Jul 19 '07, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by kvazar

Yes!!! That has worked perfectly.
I am sorry for being a bit unclear with my questions. But yes! That is exsactly what I needed.

Now, is there also a way for me to add code that will for esample omit line 3.help?

thanks

Do you want to omit just only line number 3 ?
Is there any other text input after 3rd line in your original text file.

**kvazar** · Jul 19 '07, 03:34 PM

Ok, here is an exsample of something like I would use for my text file.

QUESTION
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
FIGURE
None
OPTIONS
1
10
100
30
40
ANSWER
D

All of this information that you see has, and will be in the text file. Though I do not need to display all of it.
I would need to get rid of lines QUESTION, FIGURE, None, and of course i do not want my ANSWER line with an answer to show.
How do I get rid of that.
As I have mentioned, all this has to be in my text file.
Thanks

**kvazar** · Jul 19 '07, 06:42 PM

Would anyone have any idea on how I could posibly do this, or if it is possible at all.
Thanks

**tscott** · Jul 19 '07, 11:00 PM

Try using Explode to break it up into an array via line breaks.Then you can only echo the lines you want

example (using spaces)
[php]
<?php
$getfile = file_get_conten ts('textfile.tx t');
$filearray = explode(' ' , $getfile);
echo $filearray[0] . ' ' . $filearray[4] , ' ' . $filearray[2];
// Say the contents is:I random pie dog like//
//This would say: I like pie//
?>
[/php]

Code needed to make PHP read from text file Properly

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