PHP - parsing a txt file

Question

I have a .txt file that has the following details:

ID^NAME^DESCRIPTION^IMAGES
123^test^Some text goes here^image_1.jpg,image_2.jpg
133^hello^some other test^         


        

Answer 1

My solution

function parseTextFile($file){
    if( !$file = file_get_contents($file))
        throw new Exception('No file was found!!');
    $data = [];
    $firstLine = true;
    foreach(explode("\n", $file) as $line) {
        if($firstLine) { 
            $keys=explode('^', $line);
            $firstLine = false; 
            continue; 
        } // skip first line
        $texts = explode('^', $line);
        $data[] = array_combine($keys,$texts);
    }
    return $data;
}

Answer 2

Try fgetcsv() with ^ as the separator character:

$file = fopen($txt_file,"r");
print_r(fgetcsv($file, '^'));
fclose($file);

http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_filesystem_fgetcsv.asp

Answer 3

youse a list, and split the "image_1.jpg,image_2.jpg" after you explode the string:

list($number, $status, $text, $images) = explode("^", $data);

$splited_images= preg_split(',', $images);

Answer 4

I would like to contribute a file that provides atomic data structures.

$lines = file('some.txt');
$keys = explode('^', array_shift($lines));
$results = array_map(
    function($x) use ($keys){
        return array_combine($keys, explode('^', trim($x)));
    }, 
    $lines
);

Answer 5

Ok, didn't see the edited version, so here's a redo. It's most likely a CSV file that uses carets as the separator, so...

$fh = fopen('yourfile.txt');
$headers = fgetcsv($fh, 0, '^');
$details = array();
while($line = fgetcsv($fh, 0, '^')) {
   $details[] = $line;
}
fclose($fh);

Answer 6

<?php
$row = 1;
if (($handle = fopen("test.txt", "r")) !== FALSE) {
    while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, "^")) !== FALSE) {
        $num = count($data);
        echo "<p> $num fields in line $row: <br /></p>\n";
        $row++;
        for ($c=0; $c < $num; $c++) {
            echo $data[$c] . "<br />\n";
        }
    }
    fclose($handle);
}
?>