PHP/File Directory/fscanf

Acceptable Format Values for fscanf()

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%b Binary number

%c Single character

%d Signed decimal number

%u Unsigned decimal number

%f Float

%o Octal

%s String

%x Hexadecimal Number

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fscanf.php

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<?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);

?>

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Reading Formatted Text Using fscanf()

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<?php

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

?>

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