Explode using 2 delimiter for a single line - php

Question

i need to upload a .txt file in database.
my .txt file is exactly looks like
Name|Code|Email|Designation|Number|Salary|Age\t
syed|101|syed#gmail.com|trainee|7222877798|6000|21\t
hari|102|hari#gmail.com|trainee|9554512582|6000|23\t
i have need to separate it with | and then \t.
while getting array, the first one achieved as what i expect. but i cant able make \t explode.. can any one help me on this forum??
my routine is described below
if ($_POST['frmSubmit']) {
$file = $_FILES['frmUpload']['tmp_name']; // Get Temporary filename
$handle = fopen($file,"r"); // Open the file and read
while($strBookData = fgets($handle, 4096)) { // To get Array from .txt
$strDatas[] = $strBookData;
$strTableColumn = count($strBookData);
}
$strDatas = explode("|",implode($strDatas));
printArray($strDatas); exit;
if ($strDatas) {
$strInsertRecords = 0;
$strDuplicationRecords = 0;
if ($strTableColumn == 7) {
for($k=1; $k<count($strDatas); $k++) { //$k=1 is initialized because $k[0] is a header field array.
$strStatus = doCheckDuplication($strDatas[$k]['2']);
if ($strStatus == 0) {
// Insert Code
$strData = $strDatas[$k];
doInsertEmployeeDetails($strData['0'], $strData['1'], $strDatas[$k]['2'], $strData['3'], $strData['4'], $strData['5'], $strData['6']);
$strInsertRecords++; // To Get Inserted Records Count.
} else {
$strDuplicationRecords++; // To Get Duplication Records Count.
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

Hi this will split the text you provided.
$text = 'Name|Code|Email|Designation|Number|Salary|Age\t
syed|101|syed#gmail.com|trainee|7222877798|6000|21\t
hari|102|hari#gmail.com|trainee|9554512582|6000|23\t';
//remove line endings
$text = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n"), "", $text);
$rows = explode('\t', $text);
$data = array();
foreach ($rows as $row){
//don't include empty lines
if(!empty( $row )){
$data[] = explode('|', $row);
}
}
echo '<pre>';
var_export( $data );
Outputs:
array (
0 =>
array (
0 => 'Name',
1 => 'Code',
2 => 'Email',
3 => 'Designation',
4 => 'Number',
5 => 'Salary',
6 => 'Age',
),
1 =>
array (
0 => 'syed',
1 => '101',
2 => 'syed#gmail.com',
3 => 'trainee',
4 => '7222877798',
5 => '6000',
6 => '21',
),
2 =>
array (
0 => 'hari',
1 => '102',
2 => 'hari#gmail.com',
3 => 'trainee',
4 => '9554512582',
5 => '6000',
6 => '23',
),
);
However that said, there is a lot going on in your example, as for reading the file in. If it's not to large the best bet would be to use file_get_contents() that will read the whole file in one go. Otherwise in this part
$handle = fopen($file,"r"); // Open the file and read
while($strBookData = fgets($handle, 4096)) { // To get Array from
$strDatas[] = $strBookData;
$strTableColumn = count($strBookData);
}
You would be better off just concatenating the text.
$strDatas = '';
$handle = fopen($file,"r"); // Open the file and read
while($strBookData = fgets($handle, 4096)) { // To get Array from
$strDatas .= $strBookData;
}
And then splitting like I did above.

Answer 2

I think that you should first explode using '\t' as delimiter to get the substrings separated by \t (Name|Code|Email|Designation|Number|Salary|Age)
and then explode each substring using '|' as delimiter.
I wish that can help you