RE: [PHP] ? about PHP includes

OPen the file and read in the required number of characters (short explanation). Have a look at the file handling functions. -- David Robley Thanks David, I came up with this, but it doesn't work. Does text file need to be in a special format? It is 4 paragraphs of plain text created in notepad. ------------------------------------------------------------ <html> <head> <title>Include Abbreviated File</title> </head> <body> <pre> <?php $txtfile = fopen("text.txt", "r"); while (!feof($filePointer)) { $line = fgets($txtfile, 250); print $line; } close($txtfile); ?> </pre> </body> </html> ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks Craig ><> westerman@chanuteks.com