<?
// get comments file
$filename = 'comments.txt';
$fp = fopen( $filename, 'r' );
$file_contents = @fread( $fp, filesize( $filename ) );
fclose( $fp );
 
// print comments file's file name (not going to be used in the end product)
print ("filename<br>");
print $filename;
print ("<br><hr><br>");
// demo to show how the file is visible
print ("show file<br>");
include 'comments.txt';
 
// the problem comes when you look at the actual file and its formatting compared to the output
?>

<?
$filename = 'comments.txt';
$fp = fopen( $filename, 'r' );
$file_contents = @fread( $fp, filesize( $filename ) );
fclose( $fp );
$lines = explode("\n", $file_contents);
$numlines = count($lines);
for ($i = 0; $i < $numlines; $i++) { 
$comment = explode("|", $lines[$i]);
print "This is the comment title:";
print $comment[1];
print "<br>";
print "This is the comment date - time:";
print $comment[2];
print "<br>";
print "This is the comment text:";
print $comment[3];
print "<br>";
}
?>

<?php
 
$selLine = $_GET['id'];
$delType = $_GET['type'];
$file = "store/" . $delType . ".txt";
$news = file($file);
$cnt = 0;
 
foreach ($news as $key => $line) {
if ($key!= $selLine) { $result[] = $line; }
$cnt+1;
}
if ($key!= 0) {
$fh = fopen($file, "w");
foreach ($result as $nyhet) {
fwrite($fh, $nyhet);
}
fclose($fh);
}
elseif ($key == 0) {
$fh = fopen($file, "w");
fwrite($fh, "");
fclose($fh);
}
 
?>

Here is the first title!~12.31.2007~2:14 pm~Here is the first entry!
Here is the second title!~12.31.2007~2:14 pm~Here is the second entry!
Here is the third title!~12.31.2007~2:14 pm~Here is the third entry!
Here is the fourth title!~12.31.2007~2:14 pm~Here is the fourth entry!
Here is the fifth title!~12.31.2007~2:14 pm~Here is the fifth entry!
Here is the sixth title!~12.31.2007~2:14 pm~Here is the sixth entry!
Here is the seventh title!~12.31.2007~2:14 pm~Here is the seventh entry!
Here is the eighth title!~12.31.2007~2:14 pm~Here is the eighth entry!
Here is the ninth title!~12.31.2007~2:14 pm~Here is the nineth entry!
Here is the tenth title!~12.31.2007~2:14 pm~Here is the tenth entry!

<?
print ("<table border=0>");
$filename = 'comments.txt';
$fp = fopen( $filename, 'r' );
$file_contents = @fread( $fp, filesize( $filename ) );
fclose( $fp );
$lines = explode("\n", $file_contents);
$numlines = count($lines);
for ($i = 0; $i < $numlines-1; $i++) { 
$comment = explode("~", $lines[$i]);
$new_entry[$i] = $comment[0] . "<br>" . $comment[1] . "&nbsp;@&nbsp;" . $comment[2] . "<br>" .  $comment[3] . "<br>";
print ("<tr>
		  <td width=60%>$new_entry[$i]</td>
		  <td>
		   <p align=center><a href=delete_entry.php?entry=");
print $i+1;
print (">delete</a></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
		  <td colspan=2><hr size=1></td>
	   </tr>");
}
print ("</table>");
?>

<?
$filename = 'comments.txt';
$fp = fopen( $filename, 'r+' );
$file_contents = @fread( $fp, filesize( $filename ) );
 
$lines = explode("\n", $file_contents);
$numlines = count($lines);
for ($i = 0; $i < $numlines-1; $i++) 
{
 $comment = explode("~", $lines[$i]);
 if (!($comment[$i] == $entry))
  {
   $together .= $comment[$i];
   if (!($i = $numlines))
    {
     $together .= "~";
    }
  }
 else
  {
  }
}
fwrite ( $filename , $together );
fclose( $fp );
?>

$filename = 'comments.txt';
$fp = fopen( $filename, 'r+' );
 
:::: Then stuff in between ::::
 
fwrite ( $filename , $together );
fclose( $fp );

$filename = 'comments.txt';
$fp = fopen( $filename, 'w+' );
fwrite($fp,$together);
fclose($fp);