Question

Im using this PHP to display the contents or text files held in a directory, the text files all follow the same format.

$contents = file_get_contents($filename);
     $items = explode('¬', $contents);
     echo '<table width="500" border="1" cellpadding="4">';
     foreach ($items as $item) {
       echo "<tr><td>$item</td></tr>\n";
     }
     echo '</table>';

There are 7 $items in each text file:

tag,name,description,text1,text2,text3,date

So instead of outputting $item, can i give each its own variable?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Try this:

$contents = file_get_contents($filename);
list($tag, $name, $description, $text1, $text2, $text3, $date) = explode('¬', $contents);

echo '<table width="500" border="1" cellpadding="4">';
echo "<tr><td>$tag</td></tr>\n";
echo "<tr><td>$name</td></tr>\n";
echo "<tr><td>$description</td></tr>\n";
echo "<tr><td>$text1</td></tr>\n";
echo "<tr><td>$text2</td></tr>\n";
echo "<tr><td>$text3</td></tr>\n";
echo "<tr><td>$date</td></tr>\n";
echo '</table>';