I'm having an extremely blonde moment, forgive me....
I'm working with PHP.
So, in a text document I have a whole lot of this:
Animals
Animals / Farm
Animals / Farm / Chickens
Animals / Farm / Chickens / Hens
Animals / Farm / Chickens / Roosters
Animals / Farm / Cows
Animals / Farm / Cows / Bulls
Animals / Farm / Donkeys & Mules
Animals / Farm / Ducks
Animals / Farm / Geese
Animals / Farm / Goats
Animals / Farm / Horses
Animals / Farm / Horses / Draft Horses
Animals / Farm / Horses / Draft Horses / American Cream Draft
Animals / Farm / Horses / Draft Horses / Belgian Draft Horse
Animals / Farm / Horses / Draft Horses / Clydesdale
Animals / Farm / Horses / Draft Horses / Percheron
Animals / Farm / Horses / Draft Horses / Shire Horse
Animals / Farm / Horses / Draft Horses / Spotted Draft Horse
Animals / Farm / Horses / Gaited Horses
Animals / Farm / Horses / Gaited Horses / American Saddlebred
Animals / Farm / Horses / Gaited Horses / McCurdy Plantation Horses
Animals / Farm / Horses / Gaited Horses / Missouri Fox Trotting
Animals / Farm / Horses / Gaited Horses / Paso Fino
Animals / Farm / Horses / Gaited Horses / Peruvian Paso
Animals / Farm / Horses / Gaited Horses / Rocky Mountain
Animals / Farm / Horses / Gaited Horses / Spotted Saddle Horse
Animals / Farm / Horses / Gaited Horses / Tennessee Walking
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Australian Riding Pony
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Chincoteague
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Connemara
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Dales
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Dartmoor
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Exmoor
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Fell
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Haflinger
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Icelandic
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / New Forest
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Quarter
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Shetland
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Sport Ponies
Animals / Farm / Horses / Ponies / Welsh Pony
And I need to get it into a multidimensional array so that I can build a multi-level menu out of it. I have no problem bringing in the data, the problem is with the parsing. I am having trouble matching the newline, and also, lets assume I get it exploded out. how do I get a bunch of arrays like:
array(
0=>Animals
1=>Farm
2=>Horses
3=>Ponies
4=>Welsh Ponies);
Into what I need?..... Seems so simple and I am having a major issue with it....
A helpful hand in the right direction please?