Explode .txt file into multidimensional array.

[Gokhan137]

Currently I have a file that looks something like this:

Awesomedude123 = 399,408 = September 16, 2012:
Username11 = 1,914,144 = September 16, 2012:
EpicSurfer = 1,031,427 = September 16, 2012:

What I want to do is transform it into a multidimensional array with PHP so it looks something like this:

Array
(
    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => Awesomedude123
            [1] => 399,408
            [2] => September 16, 2012
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => Username11
            [1] => 1,914,144
            [2] => September 16, 2012
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [0] => EpicSurfer
            [1] => 1,031,427
            [2] => September 16, 2012
        )

)

I have tried several PHP scripts, but none of them worked for me. Any help would be HIGHLY appreciated!

[sunfighter]

<?php
$MyArray = array
(
1 => array ("Awesomedude123","399,408","September 16, 2012"),
2 => array("Username11", "1,914,144", "September 16, 2012"),
3 => array("EpicSurfer", "1,031,427", "September 16, 2012"),
);

echo $MyArray[2][0]."<br />";
echo $MyArray[2][1]."<br />";
echo $MyArray[2][2]."<br />";
?>

[DrDOS]

If you're on Linux, or otherwise have access to the bash shell you can use the 'while read' loop functionality. PHP may have something similar. It reads a text file line by line and returns it to the caller. the caller can be another loop of any kind. You can separate the lines with the ' = ' and remove the trailing : to get each item.

[Fou-Lu]

There are a few ways to do this.

PHP Code:

$file = array(
    'Awesomedude123 = 399,408 = September 16, 2012:',
    'Username11 = 1,914,144 = September 16, 2012:',
    'EpicSurfer = 1,031,427 = September 16, 2012:',
);

$a = array();
foreach ($file AS $item)
{
    $a[] = sscanf(rtrim($item, ':'), '%s = %s = %s');
}

print_r($a); 


Replace the $file with that of a call to file().

Edit:
I like dos' suggestion too. Reading line by line is actually better than pulling a full string or an array.
Look into the use of fscanf instead, which saves the need for a file() and foreach() call.