PHP/File Directory/fscanf

Acceptable Format Values for fscanf()

 
%b      Binary number
 
%c      Single character
 
%d      Signed decimal number
 
%u      Unsigned decimal number
 
%f      Float
 
%o      Octal
 
%s      String
 
%x      Hexadecimal Number

fscanf.php

 
<?php
   $fh = fopen("data.txt", "r");
   while ($user = fscanf($fh, "%d-%d-%d")) {
      list ($part1,$part2,$part3) = $user;
      print $part1;
      print $part2;
      print $part3;
      
   }
   fclose($fh);
?>

Reading Formatted Text Using fscanf()

 
<?php
     $fr = @fopen("data.txt", "r");
     if(!$fr) {
          echo "Error! Couldn"t open the file.<BR>";
          exit;
     }
     while(!feof($fr)) {
          fscanf($fr, "%u-%u-%u %s %s", &$month, &$day,
                                        &$year, &$first, &$last);
          echo "First Name: $first<BR>";
          echo "Last Name: $last<BR>";
          echo "Birthday: $month/$day/$year<BR>";
     }
     fclose($fr);
?>