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PHP Code:

function get_value_of($name)

{

     $lines = file('yourfile.txt');



     foreach (array_values($lines) AS $line)

     {

          list($key, $val) = explode('=', trim($line) );

          

          if (trim($key) == $name)

          {

                return $val;

          }

     }

     return false;

} 

Untested bu should do it. Usage example:

PHP Code:

echo get_value_of('xyz'); 

EDIT:

This should also do it.

PHP Code:

function get_value_of($name)

{

    $file = 'data.txt';



    preg_match('/'. $name .'\s?=\s?([a-z0-9\s_-]*)\r?\n/i', file_get_contents($file), $matches);    

    return $matches[1];

}