[Solved] include a text file in a page

[trainer]

Hello,
I would like to include a text file in some of my pages.

What is the correct way to do this?

I have tried UDTs but I'm not getting anywhere.

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include ("test.txt");

I've also tried it with a URL and variations of the path and also an absolute path - but still no luck.

Is there another method? (not UDT maybe...?)

I'd appreciate any advice.

[Wishbone]

The UDT:

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echo("<pre>");
readfile($params['file']);
echo("</pre>");

The call:

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{read_text_file file=stylesheet.css}

http://teamwishbone.com/1941/index.php?page=text-file

[calguy1000]

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{'path/to/filename.txt'|readfile} 

would probably work too.

[Wishbone]

That works, but ignores new lines... I tried

{'stylesheet.css'|readfile|nl2br}

but for some reason, it's not converting the new lines to line breaks

[calguy1000]

This works fine:

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<pre>{'stylesheet.css'|readfile}</pre>

[calguy1000]

Though, hypothetically speaking, a geshi wrapper module would be sexy.
Does somebody wanna write one?

[Wishbone]

Though, hypothetically speaking, a geshi wrapper module would be sexy.
Does somebody wanna write one?

I had to look that up... Sounds like it would be a fun module to make... No code formatting modules in the Forge?

[Wishbone]

It looks like there is the UpHyperlight module, but I have no idea how it compares to GeSHi.

http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/uphyperlight

[trainer]

It works!

Thanks a lot guys - I really appreciate your responses


BTW, would I use this method for including other cmsms pages?
Or is there a different (proper) way of doing that?

[Wishbone]

No.. CMSMS pages aren't files. Take a look at the CGSimpleSmarty module for easy ways to include other pages content.

[trainer]

Will do - thanks again.