How to use show_source()?

[jdock1]

Yall are probably laughin at me.

 

I am such a noob at php but learning fast.

 

Im trying to discover the show_source() function, but dont know how to implement it.

 

I tried just putting show_source() in the php code, but that didnt do anything.

 

Then, I tried echo "show_source()";

 

Now, im trying stuff like <a href="<?php show_source()?>" in the HTML

 

How the hell do I use this!?

 

[alphanumetrix]

Well, what exactly are you trying to use it for? You know, it's for getting the source of a file, right?

 

$var = show_source(__FILE__);

echo $var;

 

If you're trying to get the "actual" source-code of a file, try file_get_contents() instead.

 

IE:

 

$var = file_get_contents('http://google.com');

echo '<textarea cols=10 rows=20>' . $var . '</textarea>';

 

*I added the textarea, just so you can see what it actually displays; otherwise, it would have just shown a knock-off of google.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

You can always read the php manual section to learn how to use a php function - http://php.net/highlight_file

[jdock1]

Well, what exactly are you trying to use it for? You know, it's for getting the source of a file, right?

 

$var = show_source(__FILE__);

echo $var;

 

If you're trying to get the "actual" source-code of a file, try file_get_contents() instead.

 

IE:

 

$var = file_get_contents('http://google.com');

echo '<textarea cols=10 rows=20>' . $var . '</textarea>';

 

*I added the textarea, just so you can see what it actually displays; otherwise, it would have just shown a knock-off of google.

 

Thanks bro, but I still cant figure it out.

 

Im trying to make a link on the php page that has the anchor "view php source" where they can, of course, click it and get the php source.

 

Thanks for the help bro

[alphanumetrix]

Oh, well that's a completely different story. Neither of those will work for you. At least, not with the .php extension and <?php/?> tags (as file_get_contents renders what the server renders, so if  the server can't recognize the php to parse, file_get_contents will display the php).

 

Display the current PHP's source, would be a little more complicated. I would say the best way to do it, would be to open the file for reading, then echo out the contents in a textarea.

 

Maybe like so:

 

$filename = "CURRENT FILE HERE";
$h = fopen ($filename, "r");
$contents = fread ($h, filesize($filename));
fclose ($h);

echo '<textarea cols=10 rows=20>' . $contents . '</textarea>';

 

See if that works... (don't forget to specify the file where I put "CURRENT FILE HERE")

[mikesta707]

Or you can do what lil jerk says, but instead of putting it into a text area, output it to the screen.

 

consider the following

$filename = "CURRENT FILE HERE";
$h = fopen ($filename, "r");
$contents = fread ($h, filesize($filename));
fclose ($h);

$contents = htmlentities($contents);//this function takes any < and > and converts them to their entities so instead of being executed by the browser, they are shown on the screen
echo $contents;

 

that will show the contents of a page

[jdock1]

Thanks!! Thats all I needed