Retrieving info from a text file using php.

**hmsnacker123** · 06-01-2008, 01:59 AM

hi i need to know if you can get infomation from a .txt file using php then outputting it in the browser?

**Nile** · 06-01-2008, 02:07 AM

Here you are hmsnacker:

PHP Code:


<?php
echo file_get_contents('http://google.com');
?>

If your page contains style on an external page and doesn't use the full location. The style won't take affect.

**hmsnacker123** · 06-01-2008, 02:12 AM

ok ty.. is there anyway of selecting certain lines in the text file?

**Nile** · 06-01-2008, 02:27 AM

You could if you used str_replace(just one function you could use, much more out there

**Nile** · 06-01-2008, 02:33 AM

Please don't get off subject. Does my link help? If you want to say things like that. Think about PMing me.

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