Posted by Tyrone Slothrop on 09/16/05 17:06

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:20:54 -0500, "Rhonda" <nomailplease@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I'm trying to display a stored text document(number) as an Input on a form.
>I can display the number/value as follows using iframe:
>
><iframe src="counter.txt" width="50" height="20" frameborder="0" border="0"
>scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"></IFRAME>
>
>But I realize there is no way to source my Input field directly from my text
>file.
>
>I must populate a named Input with my value for my PHP script to process it
>with my other form fields.
>
>I was told this would be a job for PHP, but can't find a script this
>specific.
>
>Any suggestions appreciated.

A couple ways to do it. THis should work:

<input type=:"text" name="count"
value="<?=file_get_contents('counter.txt')?>">

You may have to use use trim() to remove linefeeds or spaces:
<?=trim(file_get_contents('count.txt'))?>

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