PHP - Read Text Files With Php

Hi

I have been googling really hard and haven't found any satysfying solution except http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/php-coding-help/open-and-get-contents-of-a-word-document-with-php/

Do you know any PHP class to play with *.doc (up to 2003) files on Linux server? COM is nice but only on w1ndows

Thanks in advance
Tom

i use csv file reader class to read csv file...... i need to understand where i should create the sessions array so that i dont have to go back to this class everytime to reteive data.....

I have a large number of files. It is recommended to save the files with hashing system to have fast access to files through the OS. But I have no practical knowledge about hash. Could you please give me a hint, how to save a file with hash coded system via php? and how to read the hash coded filename by php?

Thank you in advance!

Is there a code library out there that can read the exif data from image files, without the use of the php exif extension?  I have a Windows hosting package and am noticing that several hosts don't (and won't) enable the exif extension for PHP for some reason.  I need Windows for one of my sites which requires MS SQL access, so I can't use a Unix/Linux host because of that. But all of them support PHP on Windows.   Suggestions?

I have a text box on page 1 that has a unique changing value using

 

$Comment_Name = dechex(time());

$_SESSION['COMMENT_NAME'] = $Comment_Name;

// Lines 42/43

            Comment    
            <input type="text" maxlength="32" size="42" name= "<?=$Comment_Name?>"; value="<?=$SE_Comment?>">&nbsp;&nbsp;Max 32 Characters
 

As the name of the text box is stored in a session variable then it should be a simple mater of retrieving the value on page 2.

/****************************/ 

$CommentID = $_SESSION['COMMENT_NAME'];

if($direction  == "Add record")

{

                $Comment_Name = $_SESSION['COMMENT_NAME'];

                $_SESSION['DE_MyReason'] = $_POST['Reason']; // Keep the default regardless

                $_SESSION['DE_Money_In'] = $_POST['MoneyIn'];

                $_SESSION['DE_Money_Out'] = $_POST['MoneyOut'];

                $_SESSION["DE_DD_Entry"] = $_POST['DD_Entry'];

                $_SESSION["DE_MM_Entry"] = $_POST['MM_Entry'];

 

                $_SESSION["DE_Comment"] = $_POST[$CommentID];  /* This should retreve the posted value */

 

Any help on this please?

Edited June 24, 2019 by Paul-D

hi i was wondering if anyone has any idea how to read text from a database and if that text = "mytexthere" then goto header("Location: index.php"); sorry i have no code on this post reason is all the code i have tried on my own is crap

I am wanting to display large text blocks from a database but i would like to stop the text if its longer than 600 characters and display Read more... as a link.

Can someone please help me?

Ok i have been working on this for a day+ now. here is my delema

simple .ini text file. when a user makes a change (via html form) it makes the correct adjustments.
problem is the newline issue

1. if i put a "\n" at the end (when using fputs) works great, except everytime they edit the file it keeps adding a new line (i.e. 10 edits there are now 10 blank lines!!!!)
2. if i leave off the "\n" it appends the next "fgets" to that lilne making a mess

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##-- Loop thruoght the ORIGINAL file
    while( ! feof($old))
    {
        ##-- Get a line of text
        $aline = fgets($old);
       
        ##-- We only need to check for "="
        if(strpos($aline,"=") > 0 )
        {
            ##-- Write NEW data to tmp file
            fputs($tmp,$info[$i]." = ".$rslt[$i]."\n");
            $i++;
        }
        ##-- No Match
        else
        {
            fputs($tmp,$aline."\n");
        }//Checking for match
    }//while eof(old)
   

what in the world is making this such a big deal. i dont remember having this issue in the past
I tried opening with w+, and just w on the temp file

a typical text line would be

some fieldname = some value

the scipt cycles through the file ignoring comments that are "#"


ps
the tmp file will overwrite the origianl once complete

all i really want to know is WHY i cant get the newline to work, and what is the suggested fix

EDIT:
i just tried PHP_EOL and it still appends another newline

I'm trying to retrieve the text from a text area and put this in a PHP variable without submitting the form.  The text is provided by a database and I want to format it for the user.  How can I do this with PHP?

So basically:

Code: [Select]
<form id="createForm" name="createForm" method="post" action="">
  <textarea name="subjectTextArea" id="subjectTextArea" cols="45" rows="5">
    This is the text I want to put in a PHP variable before the form is submitted.
  </textarea>
</form>

<?php
  $txtArea = ?
?>
Thanks for the help.

I need to search through a text file and output certain text.
My current script doesn't work well at all.

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<?
$file = 'flist.txt';
$handle = @fopen($file, "r");
$names = array();
$func = array();
$desc = array();
$nme;
$fnc;
$dsc;
$s = -1;
$e = -1;
$n = 0;
if ($handle) {
    while (($buffer = fgets($handle, 4096)) !== false) {

if($nme == 0)
{
if(strpos($buffer,"<a name") !== false)
{
$nme = 1;
$s = strpos($buffer,"<a name");
}
}
else if($nme == 1)
{
if(strpos($buffer,"</span>") !== false)
{
$nme = 2;
$e = strpos($buffer,"</span>");
$num = $e - $s;
$names[$n] = strip_tags(substr($buffer,$s,$num));
}
}
else if($nme == 2)
{
if($fnc == 0)
{
if(strpos($buffer,"<table style") !== false)
{
$fnc = 1;
$s = strpos($buffer,"<table style");
}
}
else if($fnc == 1)
{
if(strpos($buffer,"</td>") !== false)
{
$fnc = 2;
$e = strpos($buffer,"</td>");
$num = $e - $s;
$func[$n] = strip_tags(substr($buffer,$s,$num));
}
}
else if($fnc == 2)
{
if($dsc == 0)
{
if(strpos($buffer,"<p>") !== false)
{
$dsc = 1;
$s = strpos($buffer,"<p>");
}
}
else if($dsc == 1)
{
if(strpos($buffer,"</p>") !== false)
{
$fnc = 0;
$nme = 0;
$dsc = 0;
$e = strpos($buffer,"</p>");
$num = $e - $s;
$desc[$n] = strip_tags(substr($buffer,$s,$num));
}
}
}
}
    }
    if (!feof($handle)) {
        echo "Error: unexpected fgets() fail\n";
    }
    fclose($handle);
$n = 0;
while($n < 100)
{
echo $names[$n] . "<br>";
echo $func[$n] . "<br>";
echo $desc[$n] . "<p>";
$n ++;
}
}
?>
4096 gets the data for each line, right? Well some of my data uses two lines.

After all the searching is done I need it to output $names, $func, and $desc in plain text.

Hi to all!! I am still new to php.. I need help in reading my text file and inserting it to mysql database.
My text file contains 5 fields and has several rows..
The format of my text file:

1 romeo 8877 2010-07-07 abc1
2 nick 7686 2010-07-07 abc2
3 mark 5456 2010-07-07 abc3
4 karm 3432 2010-07-07 abc4

The first field is an INTEGER, the second third fifth fields are VARCHAR and the fourth field is a DATE.
I am having trouble with my php code..
My code is this:

<?php
 mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
    mysql_select_db("personss");

$textFileName = $_POST['textFileName'];

    $myFile = "$textFileName";
    $fh = fopen($myFile, 'r');
    $theData = fread($fh, filesize($myFile));
    fclose($fh);
   
    $person = explode("\n", $theData);
    $count = 0;

foreach($person as $i => $line) {
    $nameParts = explode(" ", $person[$count]);

       
        $q = "insert into logged (id, name, num, datess, letters) values ('" . implode("','",$nameParts) . "')";
        $rw = mysql_query($q) or die("Problem with the query: $q<br>" . mysql_error());
   
}
?>

This code can insert to the database but it only inserts the first row and it loops the insert according to how many rows there are in the text file..For example in my text file there are are 4 rows, it inserts the first row: 1 romeo 8877 2010-07-07 abc1 4times..If there are 6 rows, 6 times the first row will also be inserted..

What i need Sir's is that i need to be able to insert the rows line by line.. if there are 4 rows, i need to insert them all in the database.. Please help me to fix the code.

First, my goals:
- The user selects a text file on their local PC (or their local network drive) to process.
- I want to read the file into an array and process it.

I'm having trouble with this. Here is my code so far:

<?php session_start(); 
$title='Import File v.10a';
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  <?php 
  echo '<title>'.$title.'</title>';
  ?>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<?php
require_once('navmenu.php');
echo '<h2>'.$title.'</h2>';
?>

<!-- comment -->
<?php
// Connect to the database 
$dbc = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $password, $database);

$errcnt=0;
$models=array(); //Init array
$bullarr=array();
$model='';
$partname='';
$partsubname='';
$image='';
$ptype=''; //Product type in {type} tag.

if (isset($_POST['cmdImport'])) //Save records that were changed.
    {
    $filename=$_POST['txtFilename']; //File on user's machine.
    $s='You are importing '.$filename;
    crDebug($s); //DEBUG
    if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['txtFilename']['tmp_name'], 'upload/'))
    {
    $filename=$_FILES['txtFilename']['name'];
    $s='Received '.$filename;
    crInfomsg($s);
    }
    else {
    $errmsg='File upload failed. Error is '.$_FILES['txtFilename']['error'];
        crError($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].' line '.__LINE__,$errmsg,true);
    }
   
    if (!(file_exists($filename)))
     {
     $errmsg='File '.$filename.' does not exist. Cannot continue.';
        crError($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].' line '.__LINE__,$errmsg,true);
     }
    else {
     }
    } //if isset($_POST['cmdImport']

?>

<!-------------------------------------------------------->
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?'.SID; ?>" method="post">
<hr/>

<label for="cbxBrand">Pick one Brand</label>
<?php
$oldbrandarr=array(); //Init array.
    //Do query and loop here.
    //Show brands from zzbrands.
    $query = "SELECT bzz ".
    "FROM zzb ".
    "ORDER BY br ".
    ";";
    //crInfomsg($query); //DEBUG
    crCreateSelect($query, 'cbxBrand', 'brand')
?>

<p>Input file: <input type="file" name="txtFilename" id="txtFilename" value="" size="80" /> 

<br/><input type="submit" value="Import" name="cmdImport" />
</form>

</body>
</html>


My problem is I get an error each time "File upload failed" which is displayed above when I try to do move_uploaded_file().

I'm not experienced processing text files. Can someone help me or point me to a website?

One more thing, the subdir "upload" is located at the same level as this php file. That is where the uploaded files will go temporarily.

I very new to php and all I am simply trying to do is read the contents of a text file and echo it out on the screen.
I have tried many things to see what I am doing wrong but it just simply isnt working for me. I know the server I am using has php enabled as well because I have tried a simple echo and it works fine.

This is the code I am currently using.

<?php
   $file = fopen(file.txt", 'r');
   $read = fread($file, '6')
   echo $read;
?>

also, I have tried this.

<?php
   $file = file_get_contents('file.txt');
   echo $file;
?>

I have a file.txt on the server I am using in the same directory as index.php, I feel like this should be working but I get no result!
Alls I have in the text file is a statement that says "hello world".

I have the following text file:
Code: [Select]
09/16/2011 - 09/16/2011      323780048      FedEx Ground Shipment Detail Report      09/22/2011      CAFE2472     Page: 1
TRACKING #       RECIPIENT CD    ZIP    ZN  CARRIER   SVC BILL WGT COD        DECL VALUE C GR CHG   C SRCHG    C NET     
---------------- --------------- ------ --- ------- - --- -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
561895962528473  97913           440607 4   Ground  , RH       2.0       0.00      99.00       6.22       2.45       8.27
561895962528480  97928           352424 5   Ground  , RH      17.0       0.00      99.00       9.89       2.45      10.60
561895962528497  97943           857164 6   Ground  , RH      17.0       0.00      99.00      12.38       2.45      14.75
561895962528503  97955           193825 5   Ground  , RH       4.0       0.00      99.00       7.17       2.45       8.42
561895962528510  6792            491069 3   Ground  , RH       3.0       0.00      99.00       5.97       2.45       8.27
561895962528527  97967           030703 5   Ground  , RH       1.0       0.00      99.00       5.75       4.10      10.06
561895962528534  97978           665429 4   Ground  , RH       4.0       0.00      99.00       6.86       4.10      10.06
561895962528541  97992           371844 4   Ground  , RH       1.0       0.00      99.00       5.51       4.25      10.22
561895962528558  98005           386108 4   Ground  , RH      18.0       0.00      99.00       9.21       4.25      12.01

GRAND TOTALS
COURTESY NET CHARGE                      92.66
TOTAL WEIGHT(OF LBS)                      63.7
TOTAL WEIGHT(OF KGS)                       0.0
CSY  DECL VAL SCHG                        0.00
COURTESY DISCOUNT                        12.52
COURTESY SPECIAL FEES                    28.95
CSY FUEL SURCHARGE                        7.27
PACKAGE COUNT                                9


And I'm attempting to pull ONLY the tracking number and reference number (or order #) from this file. I've been able to get rid of the empty lines, get rid of the first few lines I don't need and grab just tracking and reference numbers , but I can' t figure out how to get rid of of the last few lines....here's my code:

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$arr=file("/home/onest4/public_html/beta/fedex.txt");
$x=1;
    foreach($arr as $str)
    {
      if (trim($str) != '')
      if ($x > 3)

     
      {
        list($tracking,$ordernumber)=explode("  ",$str);

        echo $tracking;
        echo "<br />";
        echo $ordernumber;
 
        echo "<br /><br />";
      }
      else
      {
      $x++;
      continue;
      }
    }
Here's the result:
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561895962528473
97913

561895962528480
97928

561895962528497
97943

561895962528503
97955

561895962528510
6792

561895962528527
97967

561895962528534
97978

561895962528541
97992

561895962528558
98005

GRAND TOTALS


COURTESY NET CHARGE


TOTAL WEIGHT(OF LBS)


TOTAL WEIGHT(OF KGS)


CSY
DECL VAL SCHG

COURTESY DISCOUNT


COURTESY SPECIAL FEES


CSY FUEL SURCHARGE


PACKAGE COUNT



Anyone help with this?

Thanks!

I have a PHP file that is executed via batch file very frequently for live updating. This is a sort of "sync" file for reading/writing to a MySQL database. I am able to get it functioning absolutely fine when executed manually via a web browser (and my echo debug lines output the expected information), yet when I run the same PHP file via the command line, it seems to just not be capable of opening any file for reading, so the equivalent variables that are correct when executed on a web browser are blank when echoed through the command line.

Is there a different way of handling reading of files when running a php script via the command line, or should it function exactly the same as when run via a browser?

For instance:

$k = "0";
$line = file("examplefile.log")[$k];
echo $line;