- array_shift: documentation ( source)
- explode: documentation ( source)
<?php
$input = <<<'EOF'
1;PHP;Likes dollar signs
2;Python;Likes whitespace
3;Ruby;Likes blocks
EOF;
function input_parser($input) {
foreach (explode("\n", $input) as $line) {
$fields = explode(';', $line);
$id = array_shift($fields);
yield $id => $fields;
}
}
foreach (input_parser($input) as $id => $fields) {
echo "$id:\n";
echo " $fields[0]\n";
echo " $fields[1]\n";
}