Hello,
"Troy May" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Extreme newbie here (halfway through my first book :) ). I need to open a
> file, read the whole file into a variable, manipulate it, and then echo it
> to the screen. I'm doing it right from my book and it's not working.
> Here's what I have now:
>
> <? $header = fopen("header.html","r");
>
> echo $header; ?>
>
> It writes "Resource id #1" at the top of the page. What is that?! :)
Check the manual:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php
You're echoing the result of fopen() which is an "int"--you have to make
sure that you're using the function properly ;)
> I have also tried using file(). That displays "Array" on the screen.
What
> am I doing wrong?
I think it's because you're echoing the result of file() which is an array.
You cannot just "echo $the_array;" Try print_r($the_array) and you'll see a
different result--though I doubt it's the one you want to see :)
Check the manual again:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file.php
Anyway, I think you're looking for something like this:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php
Esp. the "User Contributed Notes".
HTH,
- E
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