Or use implode instead of join makes skips the step of extracting the index.. $file = implode ('', file ("afile.html"));
If you'll be sending more output than just one file then another favorite method is this.. ob_start(); readfile("file1.txt"); readfile("file2.html"); $output = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miguel Cruz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "J. Alden Gillespy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Groups - PHP-General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP codes and variables > On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, J. Alden Gillespy wrote: > > Anyone know how to do have a variable equal the contents of a file? I tried > > the include function, but it just prints the file out on the screen rather > > than including the contents in the variable itself. I need help with this > > ASAP. Thanks. > > $variable = join('', file('path/to/file')); > > miguel > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php