Dispaly variables from text file

**quick** · 11-12-2005 01:48 PM

Is it possible to take HTML code with embedded varibles ($variable) from a text file (fopen) and display on a results page? Works just fine when code is in the actual .php file but I couldn't get to work from text file.

**balloonbuffoon** · 11-12-2005 02:22 PM

Well I'd have to see your code and the text file to see exactly what you're trying to do and what is going wrong. However, I believe you may find what you're looking for with the eval() function. That is for if you have PHP commands in the text file, is that the case?

--Steve

**quick** · 11-12-2005 03:56 PM

$show = "Dispaly Data";

$display = fopen($filenamed, "r");
flock($viewed, LOCK_EX);
$page = fread($view, filesize($filenamed));
fclose($viewed);
echo "$page";

Text File
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
stuff Here. $show.
</body>
</html>

**bokeh** · 11-12-2005 04:33 PM

In the text file:

PHP Code:


<html>

<head>

<title>Untitled Document</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">

stuff Here. <?php $show ?>.

</body>

</html>

In the script:

PHP Code:


$show = 'some string';

require('text.file');

**quick** · 11-12-2005 09:48 PM

Getting closer.....works fine on webpage but not working when sending an email.

$message = include('data.txt');
$to = "acsdaily@yahoo.com";
$subject = "Test";
$headers = "From: $from\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
$success = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

**bokeh** · 11-13-2005 04:52 AM

You can't use include like that. It returns a boolean not the file contents... the file contents is evaluated and sent to the browser. Here is one way you could use include().

PHP Code:


$flush;

$show = 'some string';

ob_start();

include('data.txt');

$message = ob_get_clean();

$to = "acsdaily@yahoo.com";

$subject = "Test";

$headers = "From: $from\r\n";

$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

$success = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

Another:

PHP Code:


$show = 'some string';

$message = file_get_contents('data.txt');

$message = str_replace('<?php $show ?>', $show, $message); 

$to = "acsdaily@yahoo.com";

$subject = "Test";

$headers = "From: $from\r\n";

$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

$success = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

Another:

PHP Code:


$show = 'some string';

$message = file_get_contents('data.txt');

$message = eval($message); 

$to = "acsdaily@yahoo.com";

$subject = "Test";

$headers = "From: $from\r\n";

$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

$success = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

None of those are ideal though. A better way would be to modify the text file:

Text file

PHP Code:


$message = '<html>

<head>

<title>Untitled Document</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">

stuff Here. '.$show.'.

</body>

</html>';

Script

PHP Code:


$show = 'some string';

require('text.file')

$to = "acsdaily@yahoo.com";

$subject = "Test";

$headers = "From: $from\r\n";

$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

$success = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

**quick** · 11-13-2005 10:43 AM

Thank you very much for your assistance.

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