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What is the best way to get the contents of a file to a variable? And how can I prevent it from opening a local file (I want to open just URLs)?
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Getting the contents of URL to a variable
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vcherubini
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Try this:
[tt]
$page = fopen(page.txt, "r"
or die ("can't open file"
[/tt]
That will read the entire contents of page.txt into the variable $page.
To get it from a URL, you can do something like this:
[tt]
$url = "$page = fopen($url, "r" or die ("can't open file"
[/tt]
In case you are wondering, the "r" within the fopen functions means read only, while "w" mean write.
Hope this helps.
-Vic
vic cherubini
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[tt]
$page = fopen(page.txt, "r"
or die ("can't open file"[/tt]
That will read the entire contents of page.txt into the variable $page.
To get it from a URL, you can do something like this:
[tt]
$url = "$page = fopen($url, "r"
or die ("can't open file"[/tt]
In case you are wondering, the "r" within the fopen functions means read only, while "w" mean write.
Hope this helps.
-Vic
vic cherubini
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Wants to Know: Java, Cold Fusion, Tcl/TK
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