Using PHP to open a large file...

arholly · March 6th, 2007, 06:29 PM

Hello:
I am looking for a way to do something with a large file. I have a text file which I would like to be able to be able to do several things. Before I get to what I want to do, let me post the format for the file.

Code:

Sender  <person>~
Date    Sun May 11 18:29:01 2003~
Stamp   1052695741
To      <person sending it>~
Subject Jump data...~
Success 1~
Text
<Text message goes here>

~

Okay, now the entire text file is madeup of entries like that. What I need to do is be able to create a web page where I can see all the topics and senders, click on a topic and read it. So, the index page (for lack of anything better) would look like
<topic> - <sender>

That's part I.

Part II
I then need to be able to, using a form, add an entry to file.

Any thoughts on either?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best Regards,
Arholly