You could read this: http://php.net/fread or try this -- assuming that this is a non-windows OS: <?php // get contents of a file into a string $filename = "/directory/pathto/data.txt"; $handle = fopen($filename, "r"); $contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename)); fclose($handle); ?> Mark Cain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Piggott" <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "PHP DB" <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 11:43 PM Subject: File retrieval > If I have a file named > > "data.txt" > > Is it possible to load the contents of it into a variable search as > > $contents > > idealy I would like to know if I am able to do something like > > $contents = data.txt; > > Ron > > -- > 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
