[SOLVED] turning a page of text into a variable

[chaking]

So I have a page that takes the id of a building and then prints out all relevant information on that building (all sorts of things like an address, hours of operation, phone numbers, contacts etc...).  I formatted the output so that if you copied it into your clipboard and then pasted it in notepad, it would come out exactly how we wanted it.

 

Now, we want to take that page of information, and put all of it (as is) into an mssql database.  Basically I want to know if it's possible (and how) to grab all of that output and put it into one variable that I could then insert into the mssql database? Any ideas?

[DarkWater]

And still echo it out? 

Like, do you want it just saved in a variable, or do you want it in a variable and still display?

[chaking]

No I don't need to echo it out, just store it in a variable so that I can insert it into the mssql database.

 

Can I convert it all into a function (text($bldg)) and then say something like $c = text($bldg);

?

[chaking]

Yup - make it all a function and then:

 

$c = text($bldg);

 

works like a charm - thanks for all the help guys.........

[DarkWater]

Your ridiculous sarcasm will not garner you extra help. 

 

Now, you have two options.  Make it into a function, or use output buffering.

[chaking]

lol wtf-ever... I marked the topic as solved for a reason, and it wasn't because I still needed your help...

 

btw: saying "thanks for all the help guys...." is hardly worth 'scolding' me over... get over yourself...