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Mona Coder
Mona Coder

Reputation: 6316

How to dynamically create files from lines in a text file

How can I use PHP to loop through a text file and create file xxx.txt base of the text of each line?

For example I have a file named files.txt and it contains

files.txt

red 
pink 
purple 
deep purple 
indigo 
blue 
light blue 
cyan 
teal 
green

I already tried this

<?php
$file = fopen("files.txt","r");

while(! feof($file))
  {
  echo fgets($file). "<br />";
  $fileName = fgets($file);
  $myfile = fopen($fileName.'.txt, "w");

  }

fclose($file);
?>

but this only create last green.txt.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 112

Answers (1)

Keith Mifsud
Keith Mifsud

Reputation: 1618

$handle = fopen("path/to/files.txt", "r");
$filesToCreate = [];
if ($handle) {
    while (($line = fgets($handle)) !== false) {

        // you may need to add the full path here..
        $filesToCreate[] = $line . '.txt';
    }

    fclose($handle);
} else {
    // error opening the file.
}

foreach ($filesToCreate as $newFile) {
    $createdFile = fopen($newFile, 'w');
    fclose($createdFile);
}

Upvotes: 1

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