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davidapple · 01-01-2010, 03:57 AM

I found this old article on this forum, about paginated txt file databases.

I've set up a site that pulls data from a single-dimensional txt file database, but at the moment it's not paginated.

The text file...

Code:

<!-- Comment1 --><div class="class"><a href="http://www.url.com/1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.url.com/image1.jpg" border="0"></a></div>
<!-- Comment2 --><div class="class"><a href="http://www.url.com/2" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.url.com/image2.jpg" border="0"></a></div>
<!-- Comment3 --><div class="class"><a href="http://www.url.com/3" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.url.com/image3.jpg" border="0"></a></div>
<!-- Comment4 --><div class="class"><a href="http://www.url.com/4" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.url.com/image4.jpg" border="0"></a></div>
...

The PHP code...

PHP Code:


			
<?php
$fp = fopen('flat-file-data.txt','r');
if (!$fp) {echo 'Cant open file.'; exit;}

while (!feof($fp)) {
$line = fgets($fp, 2048);
list ($field1, $field2) = split ('\|', $line);

echo ''.$field1.'';
echo ''.$field2.'';

$fp++;
}
fclose($fp);

?>

I have set | as the deliminator but my txt files don't contain any deliminators, only line breaks.

Is there a way of using foreach() and explode() to paginate the data?

I tried doing this but it's not quite working. A few of the lines become truncated...

PHP Code:


			
<?php
$file_handle = fopen('flat-file-data.txt', 'r');
if (!$file_handle) {echo 'Cant open file.'; exit;}

while (!feof($file_handle)) {

$line_of_text = fgets($file_handle, 2048);
$field = explode('\|', $line_of_text);

echo $field[0]. ' ';

$file_handle++;

}
fclose($file_handle);

?>

Any ideas?

01-01-2010, 03:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
davidapple The Wanderer Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 22 Thanks: 2	Paginated Flat File DB I found this old article on this forum, about paginated txt file databases. I've set up a site that pulls data from a single-dimensional txt file database, but at the moment it's not paginated. The text file... Code: <!-- Comment1 --><div class="class"><a href="http://www.url.com/1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.url.com/image1.jpg" border="0"></a></div> <!-- Comment2 --><div class="class"><a href="http://www.url.com/2" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.url.com/image2.jpg" border="0"></a></div> <!-- Comment3 --><div class="class"><a href="http://www.url.com/3" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.url.com/image3.jpg" border="0"></a></div> <!-- Comment4 --><div class="class"><a href="http://www.url.com/4" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.url.com/image4.jpg" border="0"></a></div> ... The PHP code... PHP Code: `<?php $fp = fopen('flat-file-data.txt','r'); if (!$fp) {echo 'Cant open file.'; exit;} while (!feof($fp)) { $line = fgets($fp, 2048); list ($field1, $field2) = split ('\\|', $line); echo ''.$field1.''; echo ''.$field2.''; $fp++; } fclose($fp); ?>` I have set \| as the deliminator but my txt files don't contain any deliminators, only line breaks. Is there a way of using foreach() and explode() to paginate the data? I tried doing this but it's not quite working. A few of the lines become truncated... PHP Code: `<?php $file_handle = fopen('flat-file-data.txt', 'r'); if (!$file_handle) {echo 'Cant open file.'; exit;} while (!feof($file_handle)) { $line_of_text = fgets($file_handle, 2048); $field = explode('\\|', $line_of_text); echo $field[0]. ' '; $file_handle++; } fclose($file_handle); ?>` Any ideas? Last edited by codefreek : 01-03-2010 at 03:01 PM. Reason: PHP tags where added.