Create multidimensional array from txt file - php

Question

txt file that looks like this:
first item1:second item1:third item1:fourth item1:fifth item1
first item2:second item2:third item2:fourth item2:fifth item2
first item3:second item3:third item3:fourth item3:fifth item3
I want to be able to output each item sperately.
As far as I see it, I need to:
open the file with file()
create a multidimensional array, by first splitting up the lines
use explode() to split it up by :
I have tried various things but I can't get it to work. Anyone knows how to do that?

Answer 1

So you need something like this?
$lines = file('try.txt');
$output = array();
foreach ($lines as $line) {
$output[] = array_map(function($var) {
return rtrim($var, "\r\n");
}, explode(":", $line));
}
var_dump($output);
Output
array
0 =>
array
0 => string 'first item1' (length=11)
1 => string 'second item1' (length=12)
2 => string 'third item1' (length=11)
3 => string 'fourth item1' (length=12)
4 => string 'fifth item1' (length=11)
1 =>
array
0 => string 'first item2' (length=11)
1 => string 'second item2' (length=12)
2 => string 'third item2' (length=11)
3 => string 'fourth item2' (length=12)
4 => string 'fifth item2' (length=11)
2 =>
array
0 => string 'first item3' (length=11)
1 => string 'second item3' (length=12)
2 => string 'third item3' (length=11)
3 => string 'fourth item3' (length=12)
4 => string 'fifth item3' (length=11)