HR - Leaderboard Script

<?php
$ladder_raw = file_get_contents('ftp://path/to/ladder.txt');

$ladder = [];

foreach(explode("\n", $ladder_raw) as $line)
{
    $pos = 0;
    $entry[0] = extractNonBlankString($line, $pos);
    $entry[1] = extractNonBlankString($line, $pos);
    $ladder[] = [ $entry[0], trim($entry[1]) ];
}

?>
<table>
<?php
foreach($ladder as $entry)
{
    ?>
    <tr>
        <td style="padding: 5px;"><?=$entry[1]?></td>
        <td style="padding: 5px;"><?=$entry[0]?></td>
    </tr>
    <?php
}
?>
</table
<?php

function extractNonBlankString($str, &$pos)
{
    if ($pos > strlen($str))
        return "";

    $toReturn = "";

    while (($pos < strlen($str)) && isBlank($str[$pos]))
    {
        $pos++;
    }

    if ($pos > strlen($str))
        return "";

    while (($pos < strlen($str)) && !isBlank($str[$pos]))
    {
        $toReturn .= $str[$pos++];
    }

    if ($pos > strlen($str))
        return "";

    return $toReturn;
}

//!<  extracts substring without spaces from that position
function isBlank($str)
{
    if (!isset($str)) return true;

    if ($str == "") return true;

    if ($str == " ") return true;

    return false;
}