How To Open File And Load Contents Into A Variable

[ktsirig]

Hi,

 

in my PHP webpage I specify 3 files, like:

 

$first_file = $_POST["one"];
$second_file = $_POST["two"];
$third_file = $_POST["three"];

 

then I have a JS fuction, that in some points, needs to open each file and store the data of each file into a variable. My questions are 2:

First, how do I save all data of each text file into a JS variable?

Second, the part of the Js function which has these variables looks like this:

 

	 	 series:
			[
				{
					name: 'ONE',
					color: 'blue',
					data:
					[
							 HERE WE SHOULD PLACE ALL DATA FROM FILE 1				 	
					]
				},

				{
					name: 'TWO',
					color: 'yellow',
					data:
					[
							 HERE WE SHOULD PLACE ALL DATA FROM FILE 2				 	
					]
				},

				{
					name: 'THREE',
					color: 'red',
					data:
					[
								HERE WE SHOULD PLACE ALL DATA FROM FILE 3			
					]
				}
	 ]

 

Can you please help me, how I can put the data of each file into the correct place? I am new to JS and came across a helpful snipet of code, but I do not know how I can place my data inside the JS code so as to use them.

 

Thanks a lot!

[codefossa]

Check out Ajax and jQuery makes it so much easier. I don't have time to link to a bunch at the moment but check out $.post() and $.load().