gistfile1.php

<?php
function parse2(&$handle, &$game_array){
  global $total_games;	// I dislike this more and more
  while(!feof($handle)){
    $text = fgets($handle);
    
    // do we want to deal with this line of text?
    if(preg_match("/creating game|shutting down|started loading|Game.*is over/", $text)){
      // yes we do, get the timestamp
      $date = substr($text, 1, 24);
      // now do something with it
      switch (true) {
        case preg_match("/creating game (\[.*\])/", $text, $matches):
         echo $date . ": " . substr($matches[1], 1, $matches[1].length-1);
        break;
      } 
    }
  }
  // sample data for reference (as of 15.0)
  // [Tue Sep 15 19:58:55 2009] [GHOST] creating game [Element TD v4.1b [bot 434]]
  // [Tue Sep 15 20:02:10 2009] [GAME: Element TD v4.1b [bot 434]] started loading with 3 players
  // [Tue Sep 15 21:06:23 2009] [QUEUED: West] Game [Element TD v4.1b [bot 434] : SoreGums : 0/3 : 63m] is over.
  // [Tue Sep 15 21:17:44 2009] [GHOST] shutting down
}
?>