open file and load text using php - php

Question

I'm writing code and found a problem in taking data from file using php. So the goal is to take information from txt file and create div blocs. SO here I have on problem and one question, I hope that you can help me with that.
So here is a problem - I open a file and start reading but some how it is continue reading file even if it is empty. It is can not stop.
here is a code -
<?php
$flis = fopen ("users/".$IDN."/list.txt",'r');
$f= 1;
while (!feof($flis))
{
$CID = fgets ($flis, 99);
echo $f;
$f++;
}
fclose($flis);
?>
So I planing have a file with a lot of strings but it can not stop reading even an empty file, Please help me to find a mistake.
Also in while I planing to create a new block div . so here is a new question- how is better to create a div block? I use printf like that -
printf ("
<div id=\"message_contact\">
<a>
<div id=\"conto\">
</div>
</a>
</div>
");
But the problem is that the block will be a complex and plus it suppose to be a php function inside the block to put the information inside from database to that block. So can u recommend other methods to realize it?

Answer 1

Use foreach, Luke! And also file_get_contents and explode.
<?php
$path = 'users/' . $IDN . '/list.txt';
$contents = file_get_contents($path);
$lines = explode("\n", $contents);
?>
<div id="message_contact">
<?php
foreach ($lines as $line)
{
?>
<a>
<!-- DIV inside A? Okay! -->
<div id="conto">
<?php echo trim($line); ?>
</div>
</a>
<?php
}
?>
</div>
Note how I called trim() inside <div>. Poof, PHP inside HTML!

Answer 2

Edit, line by line
<?php
$flis = "users/".$IDN."/list.txt";
$fc = file_get_contents($fils);
$fca = explode("\n", $fc);
foreach ($fca as $line) {
echo $line;
// OR
include('template.php');
}
?>
template.php:
<div id="message_contact">
<a>
<div id="conto">
<?php echo $line; ?>
</div>
</a>
</div>
How's that?