php not executing html in txt files

[benjy]

when i call on a txt file like this

<?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);
?>

the file "file.txt" has html code in it....why is it then that when i actually calll on the text file it just comes out as hrml code and not a html page

[Mark]

ummm, just wondering, but why dont you just use

<?include("file.txt");?>

[mogster]

It is your ereg_replace()

From php.net:
string ereg_replace ( string pattern, string replacement, string string)

You do:
$text = ereg_replace("<","&lt;",$text);
$text = ereg_replace(">","&gt;",$text);

on the text from the file, and replaces all tags with their text-only-equivalent.
Which format is the code in the file? Try to comment the sentences above out, and see if the code executes.

knutm