Some help for a newbie

Hello,

I' ve got a messageboard, which is in CGI. It uses a file named toc.dat to display the messages. Here is how this information is stored:

1790|~%|0|~%|12-12-1999|~%|18:16|~%|name|~%| |~%|subject
1789|~%|0|~%|12-12-1999|~%|18:07|~%|name|~%| |~%|subject
1791|~%|1|~%|12-12-1999|~%|18:26|~%|name|~%|email|~%|subject

As you can see, each line starts with a message-identifier.
Now, I would like to use a PHP3-script, which displays the last 5 entries on the main page of my website. Is it possible to extract the subject out of this dat-file?

I have only just begun to learn php and cgi, so please be elaborate URL


Thank you very much....
Leander

Try the explode() function:

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">code:</font><HR><pre>
$entry=explode("|~%|", $logline);
[/quote]

The subject will be in $entry[6].

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Alan Little
Holotech Web Design
www.holotech.net/




[This message has been edited by Darguz (edited 12-12-99).]