I again have no values in my list names $adnr, $user, $date, $listed, $hlong, $eins, $zwei, ..... themn are always emty no matter what I do with your code my code
// code start $file = file("data/ads.data"); $num_lines = count($file); if ($num_lines > 10) $start_line = $num_lines - 10; else $start_line = 0; for ($i=$start_line; $i<$num_lines; $i++) { list($adnr, $user, $date, $listed, $hlong, $eins, $zwei, $drei, $vier, $usern, $locst, $locstaa, $locc, $funf, $sech, $email, $Url, $ClassCat, $ClassCat2, $Headstart, $Headend, $Descrip, $End1, $Endzwei, $End3, $Endvier, $Endfunf, $Endsech, $Endsieben, $Endacht, $Endne, $dreizwei, $dreidrei, $dreivier, $dreifunf, $dreisechs ) = split ("\|", $buffer); echo "Line #$i.\n <br>"; print "<a href=\"http://www.browseabit.com/cgi-bin/Classifieds/classifieds.cgi?session _key=&search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=$adnr&query=retrieval\" target=\"_blanko\">$Endzwei $End3</a><br>"; } // Code end ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: WebDev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] reading last -n lines array is emty > You could do it reading back to front the way you propose but I think it > will work much better in a proper for loop. > > // the number of elements in the array. > $num_lines = count($file); > > // the line we want to start the loop at. > if ($num_lines > 10) > $start_line = $num_lines - 10; > else > $start_line = 0; > > // loop through the array > for ($i=$start_line; $i<$num_lines; $i++) > { > echo "Line #$i.\n"; > file://do your work here.. > } > > Hope that helps. > > - Kevin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "WebDev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 3:24 PM > Subject: [PHP] reading last -n lines array is emty > > > How to grab the last -n lines from a data file and display the stored data > Only the the last 10 line numbers coming back when I echo $i > > How do I get the list($adnr, $user, $date, $listed .... to catch the > datafields > > datafile looks like > 23|Werner|LastN|Street|etc|etc.|etc|||||| > 24|Veronika|||| > > // code start > > > $file = file("data/ads.data"); > for ($i = count($file); $i > count($file) - 10; $i--) > foreach($i as $line) { > list($adnr, $user, $date, $listed, $hlong, $eins, $zwei, $drei, $vier, > $usern, $locst, $locstaa, $locc, $funf, $sech, $email, $Url, $ClassCat, > $ClassCat2, $Headstart, $Headend, $Descrip, $End1, $Endzwei, $End3, > $Endvier, $Endfunf, $Endsech, $Endsieben, $Endacht, $Endne, $dreizwei, > $dreidrei, $dreivier, $dreifunf, $dreisechs ) = split ("\|", $buffer); > > print " $i <a > href=\"classifieds.cgi?session_key=&search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=$a > dnr&query=retrieval\" target=\"_blanko\">$Endzwei $End3</a> <br>"; > > }; > > // Code end > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php