putting txt file contents into text area

[23style]

im trying to put the contents of a text file on my server into a textarea on a web page.

this is what i have so far

$out = fopen ("./Descriptions/".$var5, "r");

while (!feof($out)) {

$buffer = fgets($out, 10000);

}

echo "<textarea style='width:100%' name='textFile' wrap='logical' rows='21' cols='42' class='login'>$buffer</textarea>";

fclose($out);

i cant see why this wont work

help is much appreciated 😃
thanks!

[jpmoriarty]

(I'm assumuing that you can display $buffer normally - ie the problem is with the text area, not the reading or displaying of the file)

I've never liked variables in an echo - does it work if you take it out?

ie
echo "<textarea style='width:100%' name='textFile' wrap='logical' rows='21' cols='42' class='login'>".$buffer."</textarea>";

comment removed cos it was wrong, wrong, wrong!

[23style]

tried that already....still wont work

its like $buffer doesn't exist outside of the while loop

even if i just echo $buffer;

it still wont echo the contents....only if i echo buffer inside the while

[Chimera]

Shouldn't it be :

$out = fopen ("./Descriptions/".$var5, "r"); 
$buffer = '';
while (!feof($out)) { 

$buffer .= fgets($out, 10000); 

} 

You were overwriting $buffer during the while loop, instead of appending to it. If the last line of buffer is just a \n or something, then that's all that would be in buffer. Try it with the ".=" instead of just "="

[23style]

wicked mate! that works sweet

thanks!!