RE: [PHP] Static Pages with PHP

On 20 November 2006 11:24, Stut wrote: > Ford, Mike wrote: > > On 20 November 2006 05:42, Paul Novitski wrote: > > > > > At 11/19/2006 08:50 PM, John Comerford wrote: > > > > > > > I am new to PHP and I am looking at mixing dynamic and static > > > > pages to build my web application. I have a situation where, > > > > depending on some parameters I will display a static page from > > > > within my PHP code. My question is, is there a 'trick' to > > > > doing this or do I just read in the file and echo it out again ? > > > > > > > http://php.net/file_get_contents > > > echo file_get_contents('example.html'); > > > > > > > Better yet: > > > > readfile('example.html'); > > > > or even: > > > > include 'example.html'; > > > > My preference would be the include, but all of the options > you've been given would do the job one way or another. > > > > Using include for this is potentially dangerous since it will execute > any PHP code contained within the file. Only use include if you are > absolutely sure you trust the content of the files you are displaying. True. I should have mentioned that. As all my such files are created within this office, and held in a non-public directory completely separate from the Web server's docroot, I feel sure enough I trust the content to do this. If I had any files I was doubtful about, I guess I'd use the readfile(). 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 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm