Cosizzle Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/183916-open-a-txt-with-html-embedded-in-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Would strip_tags solve your issue? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/183916-open-a-txt-with-html-embedded-in-it/#findComment-970900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosizzle Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/183916-open-a-txt-with-html-embedded-in-it/#findComment-970901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidAM Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/183916-open-a-txt-with-html-embedded-in-it/#findComment-971013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosizzle Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 DavidAM, that works out great, thanks kindly! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/183916-open-a-txt-with-html-embedded-in-it/#findComment-971426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 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! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/183916-open-a-txt-with-html-embedded-in-it/#findComment-971464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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