[jrave]

new script...new problems

im writing a mailing script for an application page on a website on the electrical interweb.

the following function is 'sposed to check if the email has been used before and if the applicant met cirtain requirements. 'sposed to.

PHP Code:

function checkemail($emailtocheck) {

    $handle = fopen("emailstore.db", "r");

    $contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));

    fclose($handle);



    $isfound = "false";

    $emails = explode("<", $contents);

    $count = count($emails);

    for ($i=0; $i<$count; $i++) {

        print "pre-explode check: max- $count this- $i as- $emails[$i]<br>\n"; // debugging

        list ($thisemail, $thisaccepted) = explode(">", $emails[$i]);

        print "explode check: 0- $thisemail 1- $thisaccepted<br>\n"; // debugging

        if ($thisemail == $emailtocheck) {

            $isfound="true";

            break;

        }

    }

    

    if($isfound=="true") {

        return array("true", "$thisaccepted");

    } else {

        return array("false", "$thisaccepted");

    }

} 

how ever it is not returing much at all!

the database it reads is stored like this: foo@bar.com>no<bob@job.com>yes

can anyone help? the debugging lines dont return anything derived from the $email array

ta

[blaw]

Hi there,

What's in your $filename? I assume you wanted to get the file contents of the file emailstore.db into the var $contents. In that case, this variable ($filename) has to hold a value "emailstore.db".

Another tip I can give you is that, if you do not have to read the file in small chunks, you can use this:

PHP Code:

// Assumption is that $filename holds "emailstore.db"

$contents = file_get_contents($filename); 

instead of

PHP Code:

// Assumption is that $filename holds "emailstore.db"

$handle = fopen($filename, "r");

$contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));

fclose($handle); 

file_get_contents() is faster and shorter.

Hope this helps.

[jrave]

thanks very much, i had copyed the file reading block over from anouther section of the code and had only replaced the onle line.
and i now use file_get_contents() everywhere i go

thanks

untill next time