open html file using php3? please help

gamma_raj

I need to open a html file from a php3 when a certain condition is satisfied. Is there any built-in function in php3 for this purpose? or let me know if there is any other way. I need it very urgently, please help.

Thank you,
Raj

herod1

Can you be more specific? It is possible to open an html file like any other file with fopen.

if you are trying to open an html file on a remote server then use

$webpage="http://www.website.com/webpage.html";
$fp=fopen($webpage,"r") or die("message");

Is there something more sinister that you are trying to do?

gamma_raj

hi
I actually need to get input from the user when he/she successfully logs in. I was using forms for this. But I was'nt sure how to get html forms using PHP3, so I decided to just open a html file on the browser which gets the user input whenever he/she logs in. Hope I was clear with my question. Please help asap.

Thank you
Raj

Rohan_Hill

Well if you just want to read an HTML file and send the output straight back to the user, you only need to use one function:
readfile ("whatever.html");

utewes

why don't you use templates with pear or smarty