attendanceFileParser.php

<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/models/student.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/models/lectureportion.php';

function readLecturePortion(String $file){
    $txt_file    = file_get_contents($file);
    $rows        = explode("\n", $txt_file);
    $date;
    $students = [];



    foreach($rows as $row => $data)
    {

        if($row == 0){
            $row_data = explode(' ', $data);
            $dateData = $row_data[count($row_data) - 2];
            $dateData = preg_split( "/[:\/]/", $dateData );
            $dateString = strval($dateData[2])."/".strval($dateData[0])."/".strval($dateData[1])." ".strval($dateData[3]).":".strval($dateData[4]).":".strval($dateData[5]);
            $date = new DateTime($dateString);
        
        
        }else{

            if(preg_replace('/[\x00-\x1F\x80-\xFF]/', '', $data) === "Sorted by last name:"){
            
                break;
            }
            $row_data = explode(' ', $data);
        
            if (sizeof($row_data)===2){

                $firstName = str_replace(array('.', ' ', "\n", "\t", "\r"), '', $row_data[0]);
                $lastName = str_replace(array('.', ' ', "\n", "\t", "\r"), '', $row_data[1]);
                $student = new Student(0, $firstName,$lastName);
                $students[] = $student;
            }
        }

    }

    $newLecturePortion = [$students,$date];
    return $newLecturePortion;
}


?>