reading data from file[resolved]

i'm working on a small site about chess.
The standart format chess games are saved in is .pgn
Now i want to read this data and store it into variables so I can use it in my website. (It's like a gameviewer.)
anyway, a pgn file looks like this

Code:

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[White "PlayerWhite"]
[Black "PlayerBlack"]
[Other comments]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 f5 3. f4 fxe4 4. Qg4 Bxg4 5. Nc3 Bd1
...
{black checkmated} 1-0

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How can I read the Information in the brakets [] into variables and how can I read the moves. The problem is, that they don't have a fixed length.

Please help!

FES GERMANY

PHP Code:

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$fileName = 'blahblah.pgn';
$fileHandle = fopen($fileName, 'r');
$data = fread($fileHandle, filesize($fileName));

preg_match('#\[Black "([a-z]*)"\]#i', $data, $matches);
$black = $matches[1];
preg_match('#\[White "([a-z]*)"\]#i', $data, $matches);
$white = $matches[1];

$moves = trim(preg_replace('#(\[(.+?)\])#si', '', $data));

echo ('Black: '.$black."\r\n");
echo ('White: '.$white."\r\n");
echo ('Moves: '.$moves."\r\n"); 


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That's pretty good!
There's only one small problem left.
Is there a way to get the moves into an array, or print them in a for loop because I always need one move at a time.
like
e4
d6
d4
...

Thanks for the help penagate!!!!

FES_Germany

Change the $moves = line to this

PHP Code:

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$movesData = trim(preg_replace('#(\[(.+?)\])#si', '', $data));
$moves = preg_split('#[0-9]\. #', $movesData, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); 


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That will make $moves an array :)

hey, thanks. That works!!!!


Thanks so much!

No worries! :)