<? $fh = fopen('people.txt','rb'); for ($line = fgets($fh); ! feof($fh); $line = fgets($fh)) { $line = trim($line); $info = explode('|', $line); print '<li><a href="mailto:' . $info[0] . '">' . $info[1] ."</li>\n"; } fclose($fh); ?> //people.txt a@example.com|Alice b@example.org|Bill c@example.com|Charlie d@example.com|Lewis