<?php 
//locate file for collection
$userfile= file_get_contents("links.txt");


/* this user file (links.txt) is simply a series of URLS, each on one line like so:
www.xxxxxxx.org
www.yyymmmzzz.com
www.someotherurl.com

*/

//explode each line of hte links.txt file directly into an array
$links = explode("\n",$userfile);

//sort($links) or shuffle($links) or whatever this array
sort($links);

//output the array for display. 
foreach ($links as $text) {
echo '<a href="http://' . $text .'">' . $text . '</a><br />' . " \n";
}

?>

This is a simple 'text to array for output' script that I've used a few times for my clients. Hope you like!

Explode Text File of URLS into HTML links

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