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file_get_contents with a variable
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:23 pm
by computerwiz3491
I am trying to display another page. I also want a variable in the URL.
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$site=file_get_contents("test.php?id=$id");
This gives me Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/content/q/a/z/qazwart/html/daniel/php/survey2.php on line 44
I also tried
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$page="test.php?id=$id";
$site=file_get_contents("$page");
This gives me the same error. Any ideas?
Thanx.
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:27 pm
by PrObLeM
can we see the whole code? The error may not be there.
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:30 pm
by computerwiz3491
The problem only exists if I have a variable in the file_get_contents.
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file_get_contents("test.php?id=billy");
gives me no problems
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:35 pm
by Christopher
The question is why you want to do what you are trying to do? The function you are using loads the contents of a file into a variable. You are adding URL parameters to a filesystem call -- which will just give you file name errors.
So let us in on the big secret ... what is your goal here?
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:38 pm
by computerwiz3491
I am trying to make a page display if certain conditions are met. I want the url of the accual page to stay hidden from the untrained eye. I am using a print statement to display the page. It works fine as long as I don't want to put a variable as the URL
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:44 pm
by nathanr
you could try this:
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$page="test.php?id=".trim($id);
$site=file_get_contents($page);
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:44 pm
by PrObLeM
why not just
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<?php
include("test.php?id=$id");
?>
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:48 pm
by computerwiz3491
why not just
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<?php
include("test.php?id=$id");
?>
I don't want to just include the file because test.php is extreamly complex and does different things depending on how it's opened.[/quote]
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:16 pm
by nathanr
header redirect or combine the scripts to
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if ($conditionmet) {
//test.php code here
} else {
//normal code here
}
i don't quite understand the way your doing it but.. (or indeed why that way)
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:43 pm
by computerwiz3491
If I use an include() I get the same error when I use a variable.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:35 am
by nathanr
try commenting out the line that pulls in the page, see if you still get the error....