php read list from website into array

Question

I have a list of products codes that i wish to read into an array using php.

the list is to be fetched from a website and has over 700 items looks something like this:

4310ABC
4590DEF
8950GHK

What i want to do is put every code into a php array like so:

php_array ( [0] => 4310ABC 
            [1] => 4590DEF 
            [2] => 8950GHK)

This is what i have:

$php_array = file_get_contents('http://anysite.net/product_codes.php');
print_r (explode("\n",$php_array));

But my result is :

Array ( [0] => 4310ABC
               4590DEF
               8950GHK)

I have tried explode, preg_split('/[\n\r]+/', $php_array); but nothing seems to do the trick. Can anyone give me some pointers? thanks!

What exactly do you get back from your file_get_contents() call? Are you sure that it's using \n as a separator, and not <br>, for example? — andrewsi
– andrewsi, Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 18:32
print the contents of $php_array before you explode and examine it. — user4035
– user4035, Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 18:32
its no good looking in the browser at the output, the items could be in <p></p> for example. right click, view source — andrew
– andrew, Commented Sep 16, 2014 at 18:39

Dany Caissy · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-16 18:46:02Z

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The lines are separated by a br, so use this instead:

$php_array = file_get_contents('http://anysite.net/product_codes.php');
print_r (explode("<br>",$php_array));

Don't forget to change the br to however it's spelled within the document you are fetching, for example it's often spelled like this:

<br />

Which is the most correct way to write it.

answered Sep 16, 2014 at 18:46

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andrew Over a year ago

might want to trim the string or replace " " with "" to get rid of any whitespace as well

Alexander Simon · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-16 18:33:46Z

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It would depend how your php file is echoing out the three values, so I am not sure how it is interpreting line breaks. Try echoing out the values with no line breaks, but separated by some other character like '*' or something, and then explode them along that and see if that works.

answered Sep 16, 2014 at 18:33

Alexander Simon

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