calling on txt files

[benjy]

if i have a txt file that has html coding inside it, what is the most effective way for php to call on that textfile and print the out the html

[Mordecai]

The simplest way would be to do this:

<xmp><?php include("file.txt"); ?></xmp>

But, you could also use something like this, which is more effective:

<?php
$fp = fopen("file.txt","r");
$text = fread($fp,filesize("file.txt"));
fclose($fp);
$text = ereg_replace("<","&lt;",$text);
$text = ereg_replace(">","&gt;",$text);
echo($text);
?>