RE: [PHP] Getting the contents of a file

To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm On 25 November 2004 10:11, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to use the file() function, but without success. > > Here is the code: > $url = "http://www.rasd.ro/Quotes/11-24-2004.txt" You have no semicolon on the end of the above line. > $file = file($url); So the $file at the beginning of this line is a parse error. > And this is the error: > PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in [FILE] on > line 13 PHP can only tell you the line on which it first detects an error (13, in this case); the actual error may be on a previous line (12, in this case). Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211