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@NogDogSep 14.2006 — #I suppose you could write a function to parse the text line by line, look for values in brackets, note indent level, etc., etc., and eventually build an array from the textual data; but, I would start by asking: why are you going through these evolutions?
My guess is that by understanding your functional requirements that led you to this (rather strange to me) sequence of events, we might be able to suggest a simpler, cleaner, and easier solution to your needs. @NogDogSep 14.2006 — #I'm still confused as to what you are doing. If you're trying to save an array to a file and then read it back into an array at a later time, you should be able to simply do:
So what is it I'm not understanding about what you want to do?
Converting plaintext back to array.
I am currently printing an array (serialized and gzipped) to a page. I would like to convert the plaintext (uncompressed and unserialized) back into an array.
The array is multi-dimensional. An example of the array is below:
[code=php]Array
(
[test2] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => iPod.png
[filesize] => 47224
[filename] => iPod.png
[md5] => f048ce6d5dd38236384ce6fe4729743f
[series] => test2
)
[1] => Array
(
[name] => song.txt
[filesize] => 696
[filename] => song.txt
[md5] => 1ad394e40df12e63432e0d24eff8c2f1
[series] => test2
)
[2] => Array
(
[name] => winteryawn.jpg
[filesize] => 22977
[filename] => winteryawn.jpg
[md5] => a3c6840a188bfb9cfbc13c6854a42f61
[series] => test2
)
[3] => Array
(
[name] => raidz.png
[filesize] => 7854
[filename] => raidz.png
[md5] => 02fd1c918491276c29969034970ddb98
[series] => test2
)
)
[test] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => iPod.png
[filesize] => 47224
[filename] => iPod.png
[md5] => f048ce6d5dd38236384ce6fe4729743f
[series] => test
)
[1] => Array
(
[name] => song.txt
[filesize] => 696
[filename] => song.txt
[md5] => 1ad394e40df12e63432e0d24eff8c2f1
[series] => test
)
[2] => Array
(
[name] => files.php
[filesize] => 2731
[filename] => files.php
[md5] => 8a0619677a72695d014fe78d50a63163
[series] => test
)
[3] => Array
(
[name] => winteryawn.jpg
[filesize] => 22977
[filename] => winteryawn.jpg
[md5] => a3c6840a188bfb9cfbc13c6854a42f61
[series] => test
)
[4] => Array
(
[name] => raidz.png
[filesize] => 7854
[filename] => raidz.png
[md5] => 02fd1c918491276c29969034970ddb98
[series] => test
)
)
)
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@NogDogSep 14.2006 — #My guess is that by understanding your functional requirements that led you to this (rather strange to me) sequence of events, we might be able to suggest a simpler, cleaner, and easier solution to your needs.
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@NogDogSep 14.2006 — #I'm still confused as to what you are doing. If you're trying to save an array to a file and then read it back into an array at a later time, you should be able to simply do:[code=php]
// save array to file:
$myArray = array([array definition here]);
$fh = fopen("somefile", "w");
fwrite($fh, serialize($myArray));
fclose($fh);
// get array from file
$serialized = file_get_contents("somefile");
if($serialized !== FALSE)
{
$myArrayCopy = unserialize($serialized);
}
else
{
// handle error here
}
[/code]So what is it I'm not understanding about what you want to do?