loop with two columns in a text file

this is a sample text file called da开发者_JAVA技巧ta.txt

john engineer
mathew IT consultant
elan Vice president
emili administrator
joicee nurse

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$lines = file('data.txt', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);

    foreach ($lines as $names => $designation) { 

    //I am not sure above one is right?? then what??
    }

I want this to be loaded in two variables

$names = john;
$designation = Engineer;

and loop through...

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The lines in $lines aren't a 'name' => 'designation' map by default; you have to manually break the lines apart.

You can use explode for this. You'll have to add 2 as the optional "limit" parameter, to insure the lines are broken up at only the first space:

$lines = file('data.txt', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);

foreach ($lines as $line) {
  list($name, $designation) = explode(' ', $line, 2);
}

Without the limit, lines like "elan Vice president" would be broken up as array("elan", "Vice", "president") instead of array("elan", "Vice president").

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If your format is always using space as delimiter between $name, an $designation, this might work

foreach ($lines as $line_number => $line) 
{
  $space = strpos($s, ' ');
  $name  = substr($s, 0, $space);
  $designation = substr($s, $space+1);
}

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If "names" and "designations" are separate with tabulation, you can use something like this :

foreach ($lines as $line) { 
  list($name, $designation) = explode("\t", $line);
  ...
}

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Tty following code. Its work::

$lines = file('new.txt', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
foreach ($lines as $line) {
list($name[], $job[]) = explode(' ', $line,2);
}
foreach($name as $n=>$value)
 echo "Name= ".$name[$n]." Job=".$job[$n]."<br>";