Array Problem

[Forsakenblade]

alright im having bit of trouble here...

i have 2 files english.lang and grab-template.php

I want to load english.lang and create an array out of it in get-template.php so I can then do a replace.

english.lang

'UPLOAD' => 'Upload Files',
'MANAGE' => 'Manage Files',
'SHARE' => 'Share Files'

grab-template.php

	$words_arr = array(file_get_contents('language/english.lang'));
	print_r($words_arr);

whats happening is that it grabs the information successfully but then it thinks the file_get_contents is one entire string which it is making and then sends it to the array so there is one thing in the array

$words_arr[0]

and when you echo that it displays

Array ( [0] => 'UPLOAD' => 'Upload Files', 'MANAGE' => 'Manage Files', 'SHARE' => 'Share Files' )

when I would actually want

Array ( [UPLOAD] => Upload Files [MANAGE] => MANAGE [SHARE] => Share Files)

[Nibinaear]

If I understand you correctly, what you need to do is to divide up the file into lines and then convert the values to array keys and array values. The way I would do this is to use:

$temp_array=array();
$arrayOfLines=array();
$newArray=array();

//Get back whole file-->
$words_arr = file_get_contents('language/english.lang');

//Explode the whole file into lines based on the newline '\r\n' separator.
$arrayOfLines=explode('\r\n',$words_arr);

//Take each line and explode again based on the '=>' seperator, then compile newArray.
foreach($arrayOfLines as $aol => $a)
{
  $temp_array=explode(' => ',$a);

  //Pos 0 becomes the key, pos 1 the value-->
  $newArray[$temp_array[0]]=$temp_array[1];

  //Destroy array each time to prevent duplicate values.
  unset($temp_array);
}

//Print out the array-->
print_r($newArray); 

Hope that works. If there are duplicate keys then they will be overwritten with this approach. I didn't test it so there may be some errors, post back if you get stuck.

[Forsakenblade]

with what you gave me it outputs

Array ( [ 'UPLOAD'] => 'Upload Files' )

it adds a space in the array for some reason

like above it has [ 'UPLOAD']

any ideas?

[bubu]

Forsakenblade, post the language file so we know how PHP should read it.

[Forsakenblade]

i did but here it is again

'UPLOAD' => 'Upload Files',
'MANAGE' => 'Manage Files',
'SHARE' => 'Share Files'

that is the ENTIRE file, obviously I will add more definitions later but for now thats what I'm working with.

[Nibinaear]

Sorry, that one didn't work very well, here is a better solution. File divides a file up into an array of lines:

<?

$temp_array=array(); 
$arrayOfLines=array(); 
$newArray=array(); 

//Get back whole file--> 
$arrayOfLines = file('language/english.lang');

//Take each line and explode again based on the '=>' seperator, then compile newArray. 
foreach($arrayOfLines as $aol => $a) 
{ 
  //echo $a."<p />";
  
  $temp_array=explode('=>',$a); 

  //Pos 0 becomes the key, pos 1 the value--> 
  $newArray[$temp_array[0]]=$temp_array[1]; 

  //Destroy array each time to prevent duplicate values. 
  unset($temp_array);
}

//Print out the array--> 
print_r($newArray);

?>

[Forsakenblade]

thanks for the help but im still facing the spacing trouble

Array ( ['UPLOAD' ] => 'Upload Files'; ['MANAGE' ] => 'Manage Files'; ['SHARE' ] => 'Share Files'; )

is what it outputs

Edit:

I think its because in the lang file i have

'UPLOAD' => 'Upload Files',
'MANAGE' => 'Manage Files',
'SHARE' => 'Share Files'

if i have it like

'UPLOAD'=>'Upload Files',
'MANAGE'=>'Manage Files',
'SHARE'=>'Share Files'

any way to make it work with both so the space doesnt really affect it?

[PeejAvery]

Here is a little variation of Nibinaear's code. I haven't tested it, but it looks right.

<?php
$content = @file_get_contents('language/english.lang');
if($content){
  $content = str_replace("\r", "", str_replace("\n", "", $content));
  $arr_lines = explode(",", $content);
  $arr_parts = array();
  foreach($arr_lines as $line){
    $arr_temp = explode(" => ", $line);
    $index = trim(str_replace("'", "", $arr_temp[0]));
    $value = trim(str_replace("'", "", $arr_temp[1]));
    $arr_parts[$index] = $value;
  }
}

print_r($arr_parts);
?>

[Forsakenblade]

thanks, seems to be working properly.

[PeejAvery]

You're welcome. I'm glad I could help. Good luck with the rest!