Hi,

I have a text file on a website. This file contains data like:
01,1;02,0;03,2;04,1

On a different webserver this file is read with php. I use the
following:

<?php

$filename = "http://www.xyz.org/abcd.txt";
$handle = fopen ($filename, "r");
$contents = fread ($handle , 4096);
fclose ($handle);

// This should transform 01,1;02,0 into "01" => "1" , "02" => "0"
$result1 = str_replace(",", "\" => \"", $contents);
$result2 = str_replace(";", "\", \"", $result1);
$result3 = "\"" . $result2 . "\"";

// Sets the string as associative array
$test = array($result3);

// Display each key and value in a separate line
foreach ($test as $key => $value) {
echo "Key: $key; Value: $value<br />\n";
}

?>

The result I get, is:

Key: 0; Value: "01" => "1" , "02" => "0" , "03" => "2" , "04" => "1"

If I echo $result3 I get the correct string, but why is it not valid
for the assocciative array?

Any help is very appreciated.

Thanks, George

"George Malley" <george_malley> wrote in message
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> }
>
> ?>
>
> The result I get, is:
>
> Key: 0; Value: "01" => "1" , "02" => "0" , "03" => "2" , "04" => "1"
>
> If I echo $result3 I get the correct string, but why is it not valid
> for the assocciative array?

I think that the row

$test = array($result3);

isn't correct because the argument is a string (so u obtain a Key 0 and the
Value "the string")

I think you have to change that row in:

eval("\$test = array($result3);");

or similar.

Bye

George Malley wrote:
[..]
> The result I get, is:
>
> Key: 0; Value: "01" => "1" , "02" => "0" , "03" => "2" , "04" => "1"
>
> If I echo $result3 I get the correct string, but why is it not valid
> for the assocciative array?
>
> Any help is very appreciated.
>
> Thanks, George

Try:

<?php

$filename = "abcd.txt";
$handle = fopen ($filename, "r");
$contents = fread ($handle , 4096);
fclose ($handle);

$pie = explode(";", $contents);
foreach ($pie as $v) {
$slice = explode(",", $v);
$arr[$slice[0]] = $slice[1];

}

echo "<pre>";print_r($arr);echo "</pre>";

?>