reading an html file into a string

**Hilarion** · Jul 17 '05, 09:47 AM

Re: reading an html file into a string

Try this (instead of "foreach" loop):

$fcontent = implode( '', $lines );

You can also use "readfile" in combination with output buffering functions.

Hilarion

**Kelv** · Jul 17 '05, 09:47 AM

Re: reading an html file into a string

Alex Hopson wrote:
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> I'm trying to read an html file from my local server into a string[/color]

$html = implode(file("y ourfile.html")) ;

Hope that helps,

Kelv :)

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**Pedro Graca** · Jul 17 '05, 09:47 AM

Re: reading an html file into a string

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.lang.php.]
Alex Hopson wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm trying to read an html file from my local server into a string, I'm
> using the following code:
>
> $attfile = $attachment[$i]; //create filenames
> $file_name = basename ($attfile);
> $lines = file($attfile); //get file into array
>
> foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line) { //concatenate each line
> $fcontent.= $line;
> }[/color]
<snip>[color=blue]
> Does anyone have any ideas or know a simple script that will grab the
> contents of an html file and put it into a string (not an array). I'm using
> 4.2.2 with no chance of upgrading so I can't use file_get_conten ts.[/color]

What happens when you do

$fcontent = implode('', file($attfile)) ;

instead?
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**Chung Leong** · Jul 17 '05, 09:47 AM

Re: reading an html file into a string

"Alex Hopson" <alex*under_sco re*hopson@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:Of2rd.295$ 246.44@fe53.use netserver.com.. .[color=blue]
> I'm trying to read an html file from my local server into a string, I'm
> using the following code:
>
> $attfile = $attachment[$i]; //create filenames
> $file_name = basename ($attfile);
> $lines = file($attfile); //get file into array
>
> foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line) { //concatenate each line
> $fcontent.= $line;
> }
>
> This should just load the file as an array then go through each line and[/color]
add[color=blue]
> it to the end of the $fcontent variable. It does this but on larger files
> (4000+ lines of html) it stops part way through a line ver close to the[/color]
end.[color=blue]
> Basically it misses off about 10-15 lines at the end of the html file
>
> I've increased the size of the file and it always seems to stop near the
> end, but the line where it quit before is finished. So I guess it's not[/color]
some[color=blue]
> random character combination excaping it or reaching some kind of buffer
> limit.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas or know a simple script that will grab the
> contents of an html file and put it into a string (not an array). I'm[/color]
using[color=blue]
> 4.2.2 with no chance of upgrading so I can't use file_get_conten ts.
>
> Thanks
> Alex[/color]

Don't see anything obvious. It could be a memory issue. Doing string
concatention inside a loop has a way of eating up memory (because each
iteration require the allocation of a bigger buffer). The simplest solution
is to write your own file_get_conten ts():

function file_get_conten ts($path) {
return fread(fopen($pa th, "rb"), 2147483647);
}

**Gary L. Burnore** · Jul 17 '05, 09:47 AM

Re: reading an html file into a string

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:45:37 -0000, "Alex Hopson"
<alex*under_sco re*hopson@hotma il.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I'm trying to read an html file from my local server into a string, I'm
>using the following code:
>
> $attfile = $attachment[$i]; //create filenames
> $file_name = basename ($attfile);
> $lines = file($attfile); //get file into array
>
> foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line) { //concatenate each line
> $fcontent.= $line;
> }
>
>This should just load the file as an array then go through each line and add
>it to the end of the $fcontent variable. It does this but on larger files
>(4000+ lines of html) it stops part way through a line ver close to the end.
>Basically it misses off about 10-15 lines at the end of the html file
>
>I've increased the size of the file and it always seems to stop near the
>end, but the line where it quit before is finished. So I guess it's not some
>random character combination excaping it or reaching some kind of buffer
>limit.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas or know a simple script that will grab the
>contents of an html file and put it into a string (not an array). I'm using
>4.2.2 with no chance of upgrading so I can't use file_get_conten ts.[/color]

<?php
function readinfile($tem plate_file) {
# Variable Declaration
$i;
$output;

# Read file into temporary array
$temp = file($template_ file);

# Construct template output
for ($i=0; $i<count($temp) ; $i++) {
$output .= $temp[$i];
}

# Return results
return $output;
} // End readinfile
?>

Then:

$html = readinfile("/whatever/your/file/path/is/filename.html") ;
or
$html = readinfile("fil ename.html");

and of course, you can use a variable:

$source = "/whatever/your/file/path/is/filename.html";

$html = readinfile($sou rce);

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**striver-no@spam-free.fr** · Jul 17 '05, 09:48 AM

Re: reading an html file into a string

Do something like that :

$fp = fopen($my_file, "r");
$f_content = fread($fp,files ize($my_file));
fclose($fp);

Pedro Graca wrote:[color=blue]
> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.lang.php.]
> Alex Hopson wrote:
>[color=green]
>>I'm trying to read an html file from my local server into a string, I'm
>>using the following code:
>>
>> $attfile = $attachment[$i]; //create filenames
>> $file_name = basename ($attfile);
>> $lines = file($attfile); //get file into array
>>
>> foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line) { //concatenate each line
>> $fcontent.= $line;
>> }[/color]
>
> <snip>
>[color=green]
>>Does anyone have any ideas or know a simple script that will grab the
>>contents of an html file and put it into a string (not an array). I'm using
>>4.2.2 with no chance of upgrading so I can't use file_get_conten ts.[/color]
>
>
> What happens when you do
>
> $fcontent = implode('', file($attfile)) ;
>
> instead?[/color]

d · Jul 17 '05, 09:49 AM

Re: reading an html file into a string

Doesn't anyone read the manual these days? PHP has a function for doing
just that.

$fcontent=file_ get_contents($f ile);

:)

"Alex Hopson" <alex*under_sco re*hopson@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:Of2rd.295$ 246.44@fe53.use netserver.com.. .[color=blue]
> I'm trying to read an html file from my local server into a string, I'm
> using the following code:
>
> $attfile = $attachment[$i]; //create filenames
> $file_name = basename ($attfile);
> $lines = file($attfile); //get file into array
>
> foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line) { //concatenate each line
> $fcontent.= $line;
> }
>
> This should just load the file as an array then go through each line and
> add it to the end of the $fcontent variable. It does this but on larger
> files (4000+ lines of html) it stops part way through a line ver close to
> the end. Basically it misses off about 10-15 lines at the end of the html
> file
>
> I've increased the size of the file and it always seems to stop near the
> end, but the line where it quit before is finished. So I guess it's not
> some random character combination excaping it or reaching some kind of
> buffer limit.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas or know a simple script that will grab the
> contents of an html file and put it into a string (not an array). I'm
> using 4.2.2 with no chance of upgrading so I can't use file_get_conten ts.
>
> Thanks
> Alex
>
>[/color]

**Gary L. Burnore** · Jul 17 '05, 09:49 AM

Re: reading an html file into a string

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 21:28:56 GMT, "d" <d@example.co m> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Doesn't anyone read the manual these days?[/color]

Must you top post?
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d · Jul 17 '05, 09:49 AM

Re: reading an html file into a string

oh you're one of those.

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> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 21:28:56 GMT, "d" <d@example.co m> wrote:
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>>Doesn't anyone read the manual these days?[/color]
>
> Must you top post?
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**Wouter** · Jul 17 '05, 09:49 AM

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