[SOLVED] Is there a way to do this

[dhimok]

Hello everyone.

 

I have an external file, it s plain html and I need to print this file in a function where i am using return not echoing. Is there any way to assign a variable to  hold the code of the external html file? It s more like a template html file

 

$str = myFunction();
echo $str;

 

Thanks in advance

[Guest prozente]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php

[dhimok]

thanks

[dhimok]

Ok, inside that file I have a some constants from a language file and it cannot be printed or it return no value. How can I make this possible

[Guest prozente]

Provide some sample data and code so I can get a better picture of exactly what you're trying.

 

[dhimok]

Ok here I have the function

 

function pageContent() {

$retval = "";
$sql = "SELECT category_id, parent, category, body, descr, keywords FROM " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " WHERE category_id = '" . GET_C . "'";
$res = dbQuery($sql) or die(mysql_error());
list($id, $parent, $cat, $body, $descr, $keywords) = dbFetchArray($res, MYSQL_BOTH);

switch($cat) {
	case 'new': 
		$retval .= file_get_contents("tools/new.php");
	break;
	default:
		$retval .= $body;
}

return $retval;
}

 

 

 

and here s the external file

 

 

<div id="tools">
<form action="" method="post">
<div><?=LANG_PAGE_NAME?> <span>*</span></div>
<input type="text" name="category" />

<div><?=LANG_PAGE_TITLE?></div>
<input type="text" name="title" />

<div><?=LANG_PAGE_DESCR?></div>
<textarea name="descr"></textarea>

</form>
</div>

[Guest prozente]

You originally said the file was plaintext html..

 

You would instead need to use something like

 

ob_start();

require('filename.html');

$output = ob_get_contents();

ob_end_clean();

[dhimok]

yeah,  the last minute i thought i will need some constants there. Thanks for ur help, it worked well