Open a .txt with HTML embedded in it.

[Cosizzle]

Hey guys, quick background on the project: Im migrating databases and to work in the old with the new. I'm writing a script which takes all the old data manipulates it to my needs then imports it into the database I have setup.

 

Where I'm currently stuck is that there are .txt files that now need to go into the database. However these .txt files contain html. ie.<ul> and <li> tags.

 

Using

$var = file('file.txt');

I run into a problem in which the HTML is output.

 

Would there be a way to encapsulate the text file within quotes; or another option?

 

Thanks.

[premiso]

Would strip_tags solve your issue?

[Cosizzle]

Yep that works, for now at least - I haven't thought far ahead as to what happens when the information comes back out of the database.

[DavidAM]

Actually, I think you want to use htmlspecialchars() to display/edit the file contents in the browser.  If you use strip_tags() and store it in the database, you will loose the markup.

[Cosizzle]

DavidAM, that works out great, thanks kindly!

[premiso]

Actually, I think you want to use htmlspecialchars to display/edit the file contents in the browser. 

 

Ah, yea. I was under the impression he did not want them at all, good call!