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Few questions for a beginner

I just ordered the book on php/mysql made by phpfreaks. Anyway: I have a few things I want to ask not so I can reference when I actually get started in a couple days.

Here's the scenario: I want a visitor on my site to be able to upload a .txt file that is in a certain format. You know, where they click the browse button and find it. I'm not entirely sure how to do that, but I think I'll learn. The file will be in a format like this:

//NAME: Soldierks
// en-Kors
3 Soltari Guerrillas
// Land
13 Plains
1 Black Lotus
9 Mountain
// Other
SB: 3 Wing Shards

And I want to format it and store it in a database as well as have it ready to format into a small table on a page. I'm not even sure where to begin. No clue. I have a feeling this is a complicated script and maybe I won't have it done by febuary 20th. Anyhoo, I want the individual things to be stored as different variables I guess. You can see each line is clearly defineable by a common starting. How would I go about getting PHP to "narrow" it down to just the data that needs to be stored? for example, on lines starting with "// " how would I get jsut the text after that until the end of the line to be stored as one string?
Second question: how to store these separate things into a database?
Third: how to get it back from the database (output onto a page permanently) as:

<center><table border=2 cols=2 width=60% bordercolor=black cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr bgcolor=AAF2AA><td colspan=2><b>Name: Soldierks</b></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor=AAF2AA><td colspan=2>en-Kors</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor=D3F9D3><td width=10%>3</td><td>Soltari Guerillas</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor=AAF2AA><td colspan=2>Deck Section Header</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor=D3F9D3><td width=10%>13</td><td>Plains</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor=D3F9D3><td width=10%>1</td><td>Black Lotus</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor=D3F9D3><td width=10%>9</td><td>Mountain</td></tr>
</table></center>

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Love, Phil

why dont u just use a form with input fields in it?

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Quite possibly the most worthless reply I've ever gotten.

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I did the atkins diet for only two weeks, and I lost 14 days!

"Decker, your sig still.." rocks
Love, Phil

1. Learn the code yourself
2. No one is just gonna give you the code that will do that.
3. Nuff said

I see your doing something with mtg. it would be simpler to do a form.

make your form and with the form you want

Code:

<form method=post action=actionpage.php>

Then make your form like

Code:

Card Name:<input type=text name=name01> How many copies<input type=text name=copy01 value=1>

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then on your actionpage.php

PHP:

<?
   if (isset(name01)) { // if they typed in something for that card
      $card1 = name01;
   }

After you check all the fields, you then make a script taht enters it into database.

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Look chump, I was NOT asking for a script. I was asking if anyone could point me in the right direction of the functions I need to learn. I don't want a script that's easier to make, I want a script that's best for my visitors. I plan on doing the manual enter as well.

So, basically my question for the moment is:
What function(s) can I use to decipher each line for interpretation?

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I did the atkins diet for only two weeks, and I lost 14 days!

"Decker, your sig still.." rocks
Love, Phil