fgets() help

[diroddi]

I have a fixed length file that I am reading and trying to process. The
file contains 3 types of records (a,b,c) each has it's own field
definition for the position on the line. Record type is always held in
position 2(php 0,1,2), with a length of 1.

I would like to process each line seperatley, evaluating the record
type, and then taking the appropriate action. Like so:

//open the import file
$import_file = fopen(dirname(__FILE__)."/../../data/imports/data.imp",
"r");

//make sure we can read it
if($import_file)
{
//loop to read each line
while (!feof($import_file))
{
//read line and process accordingly
$line = fgets($import_file);
$record_type = substr($line, 2,1);
if($record_type=="a")
{
//process 'a' types
}
elseif(record_type=='b')
{
//process 'b' types
}
elseif(record_type=='c')
{
//process 'c' types
}
}//end loop
}

I can read the data just fine, my problem is that all records are being
treated as 'a' records. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[NC]

diroddi wrote:

I have a fixed length file that I am reading and trying
to process. The file contains 3 types of records (a,b,c)
each has it's own field definition for the position on
the line. Record type is always held in position 2 (php
0,1,2), with a length of 1. .... I can read the data just fine, my problem is that all
records are being treated as 'a' records.
You omitted "$" in a couple of places:
if($record_type=="a")
The above is a correctly written line.
elseif(record_type=='b')
elseif(record_type=='c')

The two lines above, however, refer to a (probably undefined)
constant record_type, not to the variable $record_type...

An unrelated suggestion: your code can be streamlined like
this:

if($import_file = fopen(dirname(__FILE__) .
"/../../data/imports/data.imp", "r")) {
while ($line = fgets($import_file)) {
$record_type = substr($line, 2,1);
switch ($record_type) {
case 'a':
// Process 'a' record
break;
case 'b':
// Process 'b' record
break;
case 'c':
// Process 'c' record
break;
}
} else {
// Handle file opening error.
}

Cheers,
NC