Re: File retrieval

The methods suggested above would all work but if you would like to do in one step you could use file_get_contents(). This method does not require you to open/close the file and will automatically read the entire file into your array. <?php $contents = file_get_contents("data.txt"); ?> Calvin On Apr 3, 2005 10:23 AM, Bastien Koert <bastien_k@hotmail.com> wrote: > of course, there are a number of file system option syou can use depending > on how you;d like the data to be handled, from being put into an array to > simply storing the entire file as a string > > start with file http://www.php.net/file > or fread http://www.php.net/fread > > Bastien > >From: "Ron Piggott" <ron.php@actsministries.org> > >Reply-To: "Ron Piggott" <ron.php@actsministries.org> > >To: "PHP DB" <php-db@lists.php.net> > >Subject: [PHP-DB] File retrieval > >Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:43:17 -0500 > > > >If I have a file named > > > >"data.txt" > > > >Is it possible to load the contents of it into a variable search as > > > >$contents > > > > >idealy I would like to know if I am able to do something like > > > >$contents = data.txt; > > > >Ron > > > >-- > >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >