<?php $flatfile = "data.txt"; if (file_exists ($flatfile)){ $rows = file ($flatfile); for ($i = 0; $i < count ($rows); $i++){ $item = substr ($rows[$i],0,20); $amount = substr ($rows[$i],20,40); echo "Item: " . rtrim ($item) . " has " . rtrim ($amount) . " unit (s) left.<br />"; } } else { echo "File does not exist."; } ?>