Just pointing out a potential problem with a flat file database with this type of system:
data|some text|more data
row 2 data|bla hbalh|more data
...etc
The problem is that the cell data contains a "|" or a "\n" then the data will be lost. Sometimes it would be easier to split by combinations of letters that most people wouldn't use.
For example:
Column splitter: #$% (Shift+345)
Row splitter: ^&* (Shift+678)
Text file: test data#$%blah blah#$%^&*new row#$%new row data 2
Then use: explode("#$%", $data); use foreach, the explode again to separate columns
Or anything along these lines. Also, I might add that flat file databases are good for systems with small amounts of data (ie. less than 20 rows), but become huge memory hogs for larger databases.
