ini_set('auto_detect_line_endings',true);

function displayTXTList($fileName) {
    if(file_exists($fileName)) {
        $file = fopen($fileName,'r');
        while(!feof($file)) {
            $name = fgets($file);
            echo('<tr><td align="center">'.$name.'</td></tr>');
        }
        fclose($file);
    } else {
        echo('<tr><td align="center">placeholder</td></tr>');
    }
}

foreach (file($fileName) as $name) {
    echo('<tr><td align="center">'.$name.'</td></tr>');
}

$file = file_get_contents("filename");
$array = split("/1215?/", $file); # won't work for Mac Classic