If I remove the "/" then I get this error Warning: bad regular expression for split() in /home/virtual/browse/home/httpd/html/Classifieds/infobox2.php on line 14
----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: WebDev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] reading last -n lines array is emty > No you did not do it as I described. > > Here's what I wrote: > split('|', $line[$i]); > > Here's what you wrote: > split('\|', $line[$i]); > > See the difference? Remember single quotes denote a literal. You do not > have to limit the pipe character when you use single quotes. > > - Kevin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "WebDev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Kevin Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 4:33 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] reading last -n lines array is emty > > > > still empty > > > > Got the code like you described: > > > > // 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('\|', $line[$i]); > > > > 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>"; > > } > > > > > > // end > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Kevin Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: browseabit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [PHP] reading last -n lines array is emty > > > > > > > $buffer is undefined in your code. Do split('|', $line[$i]); > > > - Kevin > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "browseabit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Kevin Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 4:09 PM > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] reading last -n lines array is emty > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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