[SOLVED] Random PHP Function Question

[The-Last-Escape]

To be honest, I can't remember if I dreamt this (dreaming about programming, such a life I have) or if it is real, but is there a function one can call to get the php code from a php file displayed in a browser...I know that you can't just save a php file and look at the code, it is all handled on the server end, but I either dreamt or read that there is a function that you can use to read the backend code for any file...and if this is so, is it only possible on localhost or can you check any url in cyberspace for it?

 

I apologize if i make no sense.

 

[ToonMariner]

you can read the contents of a file into a string or array (using fread) and then use htmlentities to convert all the tags that would be picked up by a browser to echo them out.

[The-Last-Escape]

Thanks for the advice

[trq]

Also, you can configure your server (well, Apache anyway) to parse php as syntax highlighted html. This is usually done by using the .phps (pseudo) file extension. I wouldn't recommend it on a production server though.

[The-Last-Escape]

Ok thank you Thrope for the extar advice