Thanks for helping a newbie out - fread() worked perfectly:) Ed
> -----Original Message----- > From: CC Zona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Re: Assigning the contents of a file to a variable > > > In article <00bc01c1e131$7a7bb7e0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward R. Bailey) wrote: > > > I want to assign the contents of a separate file (a web page) to > > $message instead of inserting the contents of the file as > a string in > > the actual script. I want the body of the email to come > from a separate > > file to help make changing the body of the email easier > too. I tried > > using - > > > > readfile("includes/news.html") > > > > But that did not work and instead inserted file into the actual > > webpage > > instead of the email. > > > > Does anyone have an idea or suggestion? > <http://php.net/file> or <http://php.net/fread> -- CC -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php