Text file into an array?

Question

In php how can I read a text file and get each line into an array?

I found this code which does it somewhat but looks for a = sign and I need to look for a new line

<?PHP
$file_handle = fopen("dictionary.txt", "rb");
while (!feof($file_handle) ) {
$line_of_text = fgets($file_handle);
$parts = explode('=', $line_of_text);
print $parts[0] . $parts[1]. "<BR>";
}
fclose($file_handle);
?>

Answer 1

So, use the character for a newline instead of the '='

'\n'

Answer 2

Rather than using '=', use '\n'.

Example (also strips '\r' characters, for files which use '\r\n' as their line delimiter):

<?PHP
$file_handle = fopen("dictionary.txt", "rb");
while (!feof($file_handle) ) {
$line_of_text = fgets($file_handle);
$line_of_text = str_replace('\r', '', $line_of_text);
$parts = explode('\n', $line_of_text);
print $parts[0] . $parts[1]. "<BR>";
}
fclose($file_handle);
?>

Note: This code example won't work on files which use '\r' by itself to specify newlines.

Answer 3

Use php's file function:

file — Reads entire file into an array

Example:

$lines = file('dictionary.txt');
echo $lines[0]; //echo the first line

Answer 4

Well, you could just replace the '=' with a "\n" if the only difference is that you're looking for a newline.

However, a more direct way would be to use the file() function:

$lines = file("dictionary.txt");

That's all there is to it!