Re: Re: replacing variables in file

Here is my solution : function substitute($str,$lv) { // // recursively substitute all occurences of pattern !!var!! in $str with $lv['var'] // could be done wiht a loop, but since circular references are not resolved // it is better to leave it that way. in case of a circular reference, // eventually will run out of stack and indication of error will be given // if it is placed in loop, maybe it will never end:-) // $act = -1; preg_match_all("/!!.*!!/U",$str,$tmpar); $act = count($tmpar[0]); reset($tmpar[0]); while (list($k,$v)=each($tmpar[0])) $str = ereg_replace($v,$lv[strtolower(trim(ereg_replace('!',' ',$v)))],$str); if ($act > 0) return substitute($str,$lv); else return $str; } Suppose you have the file foo.txt as in : <foo.txt> Dear !!name!!, I have the !!item!! you requested at !!date!! blah, blah, blah, !!greets!! </foo.txt> In your code you do: <?php $txt = file('foo.txt'); $lv['name'] = 'Rouvas Stathis'; $lv['item'] = 'Code Snippet'; $lb['data'] = 'the other day'; $lv['greets'] = 'Bye'; $txt_new = substitute($txt,$lv); echo $txt_new; // you can have nested calls as in $lv['first'] = 'Stathis'; $lv['last'] = 'Rouvas'; $lv['name'] = '!!first!! !!last!!'; $txt2 = substitute($txt,$lv); echo $txt2; ?> Hope it helps. -Stathis. Paul Roberts wrote: > > I want to read the include file in, replace the variables with any data > present and then send the included file to the browser between some header > and footer templates. I want the template to be straight html which can be > edited with a wysiwyg editor if required. > > if I include the file as html I get errors as there are " and no valid > syntax I my php block ie no ; > > i'd like to just do > > $formdata = (include($filelocation)); > > but this returns 1 and pts it in the variable, I need the html form in the > variable.