Pasting PHP code without excecuting it

frans-jan

Hi,

I'm writing a script where I generate new .php files. Now I need to paste php code into a tamplate document wich I will write to HD.

In the following example the pasting of html is fine, but the php code will be excecuted when copying it into the $content variable wich is filled with html in the template.php file

$file = fopen(newfile.php", "a");
require("template.php"); //contains $content
fputs($file, $content);
fclose($file);

I've tried to use file() and readfile(), but just the word "array" is pasted into the newfile.php, so I use require, wich excecutes BUT return..

Thank you for reading!

Anon

I was trying to do the same thing a while back a came apon an other problem with ownership are you hosting or is it your own server.

A way around is to copy the file and rename it

frans-jan

It is my own sever, but if I simply would copy the file I will not be able to put some variables into the code, wouldn't I?

Anon

If the file is going to be Identical in all situation then yes pre set the var.

but if they are going to be consturcted as part of a setup then no you will need to copy parts of a setup section.

one way to accomplish this is to have a file for all situations if this situation happens then copy this file.

This will be easy to setup then trying to write to a single file.

frans-jan

Thank you!

copy() worked perfect!

Frans-Jan Wind

rrijnders

FYI:

file() reads the file into an array. That's why writing just outputs the word array.

readfile() reads a file and writes it to standard output. That's not going to get you anywhere unless you first redirect standard output to your output file. Too much work for what you want.

require() and include() will parse the incoming file; that's what they are designed to do.

For what you want, just use fopen() and fread() to open and read the contents of the template file, then fputs() to write it out to your target file.

see:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/manual/ref.filesystem.php
for more information on file functions.

-- Rich