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Help. read text file with variable names.

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 5:22 am
by madman
Hello.
I have a txt file with some variable names in it. Is
there any way to take the value of the variable
through php.
Thank you.

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 7:29 am
by Craig
if it's just a normal text file then anyone would be able to view it through there browser and it wouldn't pass the variables I don't think.

You need to enclose the variables within

<?php

tags at the top and bottom of the file

?>

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 7:33 am
by Wayne
not sure if this is what you are trying to get at, but you could always include the file ....

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include "file.ext";
then the variables should be available to use in your script.

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 7:46 am
by volka
but still the 'code'-block has to be marked with <?php ... ?>
otherwise the content of the file will be written to browser as it would be if you had text outside a php-block in your main-script

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 4:37 pm
by Takuma
You have to save it in .php if you have wrote the variables in PHP like

inc.php

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&lt;?php
$VARIABLE1 = "VALUE1";
$VARIABLE2 = "VALUE2";
?&gt;
index.php

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&lt;?php
include("inc.php");

echo $VARIABLE1;
?&gt;