Need to to convert php to html and store in a variable.

David_Gerler

Hi,

I am new to php but I have writen a few scripts in perl and a coule small programs in c++.

I am working with some shopping cart software (open source) and I'm modify how it interacts with authorizenet. I have resolved all my issues except customizing the payment form on authorizenet's server. I can send to hidden fields to customize the header and footer.

The header of the shopping cart is in a php file and has session info.

Problem: I need to read or parse a php file called "header.php" and insert the resulting html code into a variable so that I can pass the resulting html to another website in a hidden field.

This is couple of the things I tried:

$header = include(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header.php')
$header = require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header.php)

Once I get it into $header I can get it to the payment form.

dalecosp

I suppose nothing prevents you from reading it ....

$file='header.php';
$size=filesize($file);
$fp=fopen($file, 'r');
$var=fread($fp, $size);
$end=fclose($fp);

Send your $var to your gw...course, I wonder about placing it in hidden fields, unless we're talking SSL here....

David_Gerler

Originally posted by dalecosp
Send your $var to your gw...course, I wonder about placing it in hidden fields, unless we're talking SSL here.... [/B]

Actually the lack of SSL is th reason I am going through all this. I am not sending any CC info. I am sending customer info to a secure page on authorizenet's site where the CC info will be collected and only the approval will be sent back.

I have actually found this same solution after many many hours looking at websites and books etc.. I am currently using the method that you suggest, but using static html.

The problem with this method is that I get the uninterpreted php. I am hoping to get the html resulting from the interpreted php.

I also found the this method:

ob_start();
include(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header.php');
$header = ob_get_contents();
ob_clean();

I ended up with errors from where it was trying to connect to the database again, etc.

I'm still looking for a better solution. It may be that I will end up getting the SSL sometime which will make this all mute. Just don't want to outlay the cost of the SSL and installation until I see some of the results of my endeavor.

Jeb_

Originally posted by David Gerler

I also found the this method:
ob_start();
include(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header.php');
$header = ob_get_contents();
ob_clean();
I ended up with errors from where it was trying to connect to the database again, etc.[/B]

That's the solution you want. Infact, to do what you ask it's the only solution, really.

What are the errors?

David_Gerler

Originally posted by Jeb.
What are the errors?

The first error I get is:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in includes/receipt_header.php on line 51

I don't understand this because it works for the header for the top of the page.

Since I have copied and renamed the header.php to receipt_header.php I can now modify parts of the file without effecting the rest of the cart. The above error comes from an unmodified file (exact duplicate).

I removed those lines which were:

 
   if ($messageStack->size('header') > 0) {
    echo $messageStack->output('header');
  }

Then the error changes to:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in includes/receipt_header.php on line 61

Line 61 is:

     <td class="headerNavigation">&nbsp;&nbsp;<?php echo $breadcrumb->trail(' &raquo; '); ?></td>

Another problem I am having is that it actually shows the header at the point where it should insert the code into the hidden field. That isn't very clear, but I'm not sure how else to explain it. I have posted a pdf of what it is doing here.

🙁 I can see this continuing.. I would really like to get this to function without removing all these lines of code.

David_Gerler

After looking at the source html of the output, I realized that it is actually displaying the "second header" at the time that it is reading:

ob_start(); 
include(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'receipt_header.php'); 
$header = ob_get_contents(); 
ob_clean();

So it isn't capturing it into $header but actually including it.

How do I stop that?

David_Gerler

Originally posted by David Gerler
After looking at the source html of the output, I realized that it is actually displaying the "second header" at the time that it is reading:
ob_start(); 
include(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'receipt_header.php'); 
$header = ob_get_contents(); 
ob_clean();
So it isn't capturing it into $header but actually including it.

How do I stop that? [/B]

Well, I figured out how to stop that...

 
ob_start(); 
(include(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'receipt_header.php')); 
$header = ob_get_contents(); 
ob_clean();

by adding the var_dump() it now captures the include and it get transfered into $header.

Still working this issue. May have more questions later.
Thanks to those that have helped thus far.