Include Page

[irishbolt]

I need to have a web page display the contents of a text file on it. This text file will change regularly and I need it so when the webpage is refreshed the data displayed will also change to reflect the changes in the text file.
Can anyone tell me how to do this.

[ame12]

Try,

if ($fd = fopen("filename.txt", "r")) {
$text = fgets($fd, 16384);
fclose($fd);
}
echo($text);

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[binary_human]

personally i would just try
include "filename.txt"

[veggie2u]

I love includes. It is a great way 'template' a site. PHP is one up on ASP in this regard too, in that you can do dynamic included:

$filename = "filename.txt"
include $filename

That way you set the filename from conditional statements, or pull it from the request object.

veggie2u

[veggie2u]

Oops - include($filename)

veggie2u

[irishbolt]

Ok it sounds like this might work but when I put it in my html file it doesn't. Do I have to install anything else on my server. What else should be around it. Should it look like:

<script>
$filename = "filename.txt"
include $filename
</script>

do you have any examples where you have used this.

Arnold