PHP - parsing a txt file

Question

I have a .txt file that has the following details:

ID^NAME^DESCRIPTION^IMAGES
123^test^Some text goes here^image_1.jpg,image_2.jpg
133^hello^some other test^         


        

Answer 1

Use explode() or fgetcsv():

$values = explode('^', $string);

Or, if you want something nicer:

$data = array();
$firstLine = true;
foreach(explode("\n", $string) as $line) {
    if($firstLine) { $firstLine = false; continue; } // skip first line
    $row = explode('^', $line);
    $data[] = array(
        'id' => (int)$row[0],
        'name' => $row[1],
        'description' => $row[2],
        'images' => explode(',', $row[3])
    );
}