Reading data from a txt file !!

Hey i have a txt file and i wanna retrieve data from it using php
my txt file is :
50 CENT|http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx
2 PAC|http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx
Antonio garcia|http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx
ABBA|http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx
BSB|http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx
BEYONCE|http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx
........
i wanna retrieve every group of artists that begins with specific letter
and every artist links to his link !!
thanks

 

It would be best to use a database, however if you have to use a txt file.

<?
$lines = file('myfile.txt');

$letter = "C";

foreach ($lines as $line) {
	$arry = explode("|",$line);
	$artist = $arry[0];
	$url = $arry[1];
	if(strtolower(substr($artist,0,1))== strtolower($letter)){
		echo  $url . "<br>";		
	}
   }
?>

PHP:

 

try looking on http://php.net for "fopen" and "fread" .

 

Thanks imvain2 the code is working .
it is easy to add pagination to this code ??