PHP Data File Array Element Length

[RichieW13]

Is there any limit to the length of an array element in a flat data file?

 

For instance, I have a flat file that I might end up having 200 rows, with each row containing 15 elements.  Most of the elements will be about 20 characters or less, but a couple of the elements might be 300-400 characters.

 

I'm guessing there is no limit.

 

And since each row will be longer than one "line" in a .txt file, how best to mark the end of a row?

 

[i assume that using a database is probably the better way to do this, but on this particular website I'm working on that isn't an option.]

[freelance84]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values

 

There is no (as far as i am aware) limit to the number of characters single line within a txt file. Therefore the end of the line can be found with

$lineValues = explode("\n",$txt);

[RichieW13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values

 

There is no (as far as i am aware) limit to the number of characters single line within a txt file. Therefore the end of the line can be found with

$lineValues = explode("\n",$txt);

 

So does that mean I should actually end each row with  \n in the text file?

 

like this:

2004,Ford,Escort,150000 miles\n

[jamesxg1]

No, to my knowledge an array does not have a maximum limit. However, your hosting company will have a load time limit, so if your array is large breaking it down may exceed this limit, thus making the page exit.

 

James.

[freelance84]

Appologies, i copied that from a script i used on a textarea input.

 

For just a file you can use:

$myFile = "../myTextFile.txt";
$lines = file($myFile);
print_r($lines);