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Create table from text file using PHP


I need to create a table with borders from the text file (this text file is updated every time when someone finishes filling a form. One row, one person):

Herard|TRO789|Suzuki|France|Gendolfina|Fresko|food|500|2015-04-25 14:40
Bob|MGA789|Mercedes|Latvia|Polaris|Dread|parts|1000|2015-04-26 16:15

I've already created a script which reads every word separately, but don't know how to to put them to table:

<?php
$file = fopen("info.txt", "r") or die("Unable to open file!");
while (!feof($file)){   
    $data = fgets($file); 
    list($name, $number, $type, $country, $company, $gcompany, $supply, $weight, $datetime) = explode("|", $data);
    }
    fclose($failas);
?>

So I need a script which could read the text file and create a table with the same number of rows as the text file has.


Solution

  • Use str_replace to replace the | signs with HTML table cell delimiters.

    <?php
    echo '<table border="1">';
    $file = fopen("info.txt", "r") or die("Unable to open file!");
    while (!feof($file)){   
        $data = fgets($file); 
        echo "<tr><td>" . str_replace('|','</td><td>',$data) . '</td></tr>';
    }
    echo '</table>';
    fclose($file);
    ?>