Posted by Rhonda on 09/16/05 19:20

"Hilarion" <hilarion@SPAM.op.SMIECI.pl> wrote in message
news:dgeorn$roc$1@news.onet.pl...
> >> >> 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'))?>
> >> >
> >> > I tested: <input type=:"text" name="count">
> >> > value="<?=file_get_contents('counter.txt')?>">
> >> >
> >> > It produced this in the form's Input box:
> >> > <?=file_get_contents('counter.txt')?>
> >>
> >>
> >> Which means that you have ASP-style tags turned off (or short
> >> tags turned off) and will have to expand it to:
> >>
> >> <input type=:"text" name="count">
> >> value="<?php echo file_get_contents('counter.txt') ?>">
> >>
> >
> > Did either of your suggestions work for you? Or both?
>
>
> Why do you ask? Do they work for you?
>
>
> Not tested any of them now, but I know all those work
> (in general) in my PHP.
> The error in the code above is that the <input> tag got
> closed before "value" attribute and that there's ":"
> before "=" at the "type" attribute. Which means that
> this one you should use:
>
> <input type="text" name="count"
> value="<?php echo file_get_contents( 'counter.txt' ) ?>">
>
> You may also look at my other post.
>
>
> Remember that this should be inside HTML block, not
> inside PHP block.
>
>
> Hilarion
>
> PS.: If your PHP version does not have "file_get_contents"
> function, then you could combine "file" and "implode"
> to replace it like this:
> implode( '', file( 'counter.txt' ) )

Ok
I placed:

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

inside my HTML block. It yields:

<?php echo file_get_contents( 'counter.txt' ) ?>

inside the Input field box. Not the text file contents.

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