just use <?php $filename = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\roslyn\\My Documents\\note.txt"; // note double-slashes $contents = join('', file($filename)); echo $contents; ?>
should work. your parse error is probably because of the "\" in your filename, you need to escape them with another "\". HTH Beau // -----Original Message----- // From: roslyn jose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] // Sent: Monday, 23 September 2002 12:54 PM // To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // Subject: RE: [PHP-DB]opening and reading from file // // // HI,IVE BEEN TRYING TO PRINT THIS CODE, BUT KEEP GETTING AN // ERROR: <?php // $filename="C:\Documents and Settings\roslyn\My Documents\note.txt" // $fp = fopen ("C:\Documents and Settings\roslyn\My // Documents\note.txt", "r"); // $contents = fread ($fp, filesize ($filename)); // echo $contents; // fclose ($fp); // ?> // THE ERROR I GOT WAS THIS:Parse error: parse error in // /var/www/html/learn/frames.php COULD SOMEONE PLS HELP ME // OUT EHRE, I JUST WANT TO PRINT THIS FILE, THATS ALL. // THANKSREGARDS ROSLYN // // // // John Holmes wrote:Try $_POST['field_1'] instead of $field_1 // // ---John Holmes... // // > -----Original Message----- // > From: Warren Massengill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] // > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:19 PM // > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // > Subject: [PHP-DB] Form response // > // > Hi, // > // > RedHat 7.2 RPM with PostgreSQL 7.1.x and PHP 4.0.6 // > // > Page 111 of "PHP and PostgreSQL", this form displays in // Mozilla. The // > submit // > button is expected to run a script called reaction.php but it opens // the // > script and displays the code. The response is the same // with or without // > variable input. // > // > I changed the script file to executable: no effect. // > // > I can run 'reaction.php' from the shell and it works. // > What is the problem here? // > --------------------------------- // > form // > ----------------------------------------------------------------- // > // > // > A Simple Form // > // // // > // > [input] // // // > [input] // > // > // > // > // > ------------- // > Reaction.php // > ------------------------------------------------------------------ // > action.php // > // > > if ($field_1) // > { // > echo "field_1: $field_1"; // > } // > else // > { // > echo "nothing has been passed to this script"; // > } // > ?> // > ---------------------- // > run as stand alone php file // > ----------------------------------------------------------------- // > // > bash-2.05$ php < reaction.php // > X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.6 // > Content-type: text/html // > nothing has been passed to this script // > // > ---------------------------------------------------------------- // > // > In: // > /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf // > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php // > (appears as above plus an entry for each of php2,3,&4) // > LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so // > LoadModule php_module modules/mod_php.so // > // > These were all uncommented in the RPM installation of RedHat 7.2. // > Somehow PHP is partially working... // > Any suggestions? // > // > I can create forms in php and tables in PostgreSQL but according to // > phpinfo(), php is not configured for PostfreSQL. // > // > If I survive this problem, that one is on the horizon. Does anyone // have a // > generic list of things to do after an RPM installation of // RedHat Linux // 7.2 // > in order to use PHP with PostgreSQL? // > // > Thanks, // > Warren // > // > // > _________________________________________________________________ // > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php