Posted by Austin on 11/07/07 00:41

On Nov 6, 7:15 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> Austin wrote:
> > $lines = file("list.txt");
> > $l_count = count($lines);
>
> > for($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
> > $var = $lines[$i];
> > }
>
> > mysql_query("SELECT name FROM list WHERE name='$var'");
>
> > In the list.txt it would have data like:
> > Code:
>
> > One
> > Two
> > Three
>
> > And "echo $list[0];" would come up as "one".
>
> > I need to SELECT the name "one" and return the column data.
>
> > It doesn't select anything, even though it does get the data correctly
> > when echo'd. What's wrong?
>
> > OR am I going the wrong way w/ this? :x
>
> I am completely baffled. What makes you think that Mysql has anything to
> do with a file called 'list.txt'?

Well if you flatfile something then sure it does...
Now ignore the irrelevant and input something useful.

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