How can i getch all the email addresses from this file

and store it as a global variable

[laura2k]

Hi,

I have a users.php file that contains all my user details. Each line is for each customer. Each customer also has a email address, i want to fetch all the email addresses and store it as a variable so that i can use it in the BCC field of a form2mail. Can anyone please help me out.

The email address is not the first value on each line. The first value is username, then password, then access level, then the email address. However, the email address starts straight after the following:

<del>0<del>

and it ends with a <del>

so a email address will look like this:

<del>0<del>[e-mail]<del>

and then it continues with other values.

can anyone please tell me how i can do this.

Many thanx in advanced.

Laura

[jatar_k]

maybe try this

1. open the file [ca.php.net]
2. use a while loop [ca.php.net] to read a line from the file using fgets [ca.php.net]
3. use split [ca.php.net] or preg_split [ca.php.net] to chop the lines on '<del>'
4. from the resulting array grab the appropriate value and drop it into your email list or var

output it to somewhere, file, screen, whatever. Then keep the script for next time.

[lindajames]

sounds gr8

[laura2k]

Thanx jatar_k

But it sounds a bit complicated, can anyone simplify it further, i've got a form2mail script ready i just need to take the email addresses out and store them into a variable seperated by commas.

Many thanx in advanced.

[jatar_k]

it's only 6 lines of code

$fp = fopen('/path/to/file.txt','r'); 
while ($newline = fgets($fp)) { 
 $linearr = split('<del>',$newline); 
 $theemails .= $linearr[3] . ","; 
} 
$theemails = substr($theemails, 0, -1); 
echo $theemails;

<added>ok, 7 since I added the substr line

[laura2k]

i tried that but i am getting an error saying:

Warning: Wrong parameter count for fgets()

Any ideas?

Thanx

[jatar_k]

version thing, it is supposed to be optional

fgets($fp,10240)

[laura2k]

Thanx Jatar, that worked. but how comes the actual variable begins with a comma?

[jatar_k]

blank line or empty email on the first line of the file?

[laura2k]

yeah first line has comments used for another script

[jatar_k]

$fp = fopen('/path/to/file.txt','r'); 
$nofirstline = true; 
while ($newline = fgets($fp,10240)) { 
 if ($nofirstline) { 
 $nofirstline = false; 
 continue; 
 } 
 $linearr = split('<del>',$newline); 
 $theemails .= $linearr[3] . ","; 
} 
$theemails = substr($theemails, 0, -1); 
echo $theemails;