Class: File_MARCFlat

This function reads in files or strings that contain one or more MARC records.

 // Retrieve MARC records from a file

 $journals = new File_MARCFLAT('journals.mrc', SOURCE_FILE);
 
 // Retrieve MARC records from a string (e.g. Z39 query results)
 $monographs = new File_MARCFLAT($raw_marc, SOURCE_STRING);

Parameters:

Decodes the next raw MARC record and returns the File_MARC_Record object.

 <?php

 // Retrieve a set of MARC records from a file
 $journals = new File_MARC('journals.mrc', SOURCE_FILE);
 
 // Iterate through the retrieved records
 while ($record = $journals->next()) {
     print $record;
     print "\n";
 }
 
 ?>

Returns the next raw MARC record, unless all records already have been read.