File parsing with PHP

[rapmaster]

ok lets say I have main file that looks like this:

04 Jimmy Jones
02 Tom Isban
21 Richardo Playzalot


now I need to searh through this file by:

$id $firstname $lastname


How do I parse the file in PHP? I know how to in CGI but no in PHP and havn't been able to find any help files on how to do it. Please help.

 

[vorapoap]

Read the file by string..
And use 'explore' command

$pizza = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";
$pieces = explode (" ", $pizza);

You may use 'split' if you want.. but the document says that 'explode' is faster.

Please try to consult the document before asking the question.

The document can be downloaded from here
http://www.php.net/download-docs.php

 

[gyrbo]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php