Display text file data to textarea using php

[nehashri]

hello every one

I am trying to display my data which is present in a textfile (data.txt) format. I have to display this file as it is (the format of the file should not change) in a new window when a user asks for it.

 

to be more precise- I have a data.txt file which contain information about computers....these are in perticular format which i dont want to change.

Now when a user from the front end ask for this data it should disply it in a new window (IE) or may in a textarea (inside a form) in a new window (IE)...

 

please if any one can help me with this

 

Neha

[Orio]

Try something like this:

 

<?php

$data = file_get_contents("data.txt");
echo nl2br(htmlentities($data));

?>

 

Orio.

[nehashri]

hey thanks for the reply....

but i guess i have figured out a much easier way for this....by using <pre></pre> html tags i m able to solve my probs

 

regards

neha

[Orio]

That's an option, but just keep in mind that if you have HTML tags inside that text file, they will be parsed. That's why I preferred using nl2br() with htmlentities().

 

Orio.