store data into a text file using php?

Question

i am trying to store data in a text file, something like an array into a text file using php instead of storing into mysql database.

for example here are the data to

Answer 1

These functions should do what you want :

function storeInTextFile($array,$path) {
    if(file_exists($path)) {
         $handle = fopen($path,'wb');
         fwrite($handle, arrayToString($array));
         fclose($handle);
    }
}

function arrayToString($array) {
    $string = '';
    foreach($array as $key => $value) {
        $string .= "{$key} => {$value}\n";
    }
    return $string;
}

function stringToArray($string) {
    $explodedString = explode('\n',$string);
    $returnArray = array();
    foreach($explodedString as $arrayValue) {
        list($key,$value) = explode(' => ',$arrayValue);
        $returnArray[$key] = $value;
    }

    return $returnArray;
}