Reading PHP script files with readfile function?, or diff prob?

hpaustin

im not really sure this is my problem, because i think php has worked for me like this before...

example:
--index.php---
readfile("news.php");

---news.php---
<?php
echo"some php in here";
?>

Will the index.php execute the php from news.php?

================
sample url:
www.url.com/index.php?content=news.php

my example:
---inside index.php---
<?php
if($content!=NULL') {
readfile($content);
} else {
readfile("home.php");
}

?>

---indside news.php---
<?php
$news="news.txt";
$a="readfile('$news');";
$1="<table width='100%' border='1' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1'>";
$2="<tr>";
$3="<td> $a </td>";
$4="</tr>";
$5="</table>";
print("$1 <BR> $2 <BR> $3 <BR> $4 <BR> $5");

?>

Is my problem different then what i think it is? cuz as u see it gets all screwy when u goto that page:
http://cs.idealdds.com/Austin/index.php?content=news.php

LordShryku

Not without [man]eval[/man]

hpaustin

wtf, iv never heard of this before.....

i thought it did this by itself already.....

so this basicly does this:

$name = "Austin";
$number = 4564566;

echo "Hello $name, your number is $number.";

that will accualyl show:
Hello $name, your number is $number."

but if i make the line of text a string and call it $text,
then after using this:
eval("\$text = \"$text\";");

i can now echo it and it will display Austin, instead of $name?

hpaustin

ok i changed my code in news.php to the following:

<?php 
$news="news.txt";
$a="readfile('$news');";
$1="<table width='100%' border='1' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1'>";
$2="<tr>";
$3="<td> $a </td>";
$4="</tr>";
$5="</table>";
$format = "$1 <BR> $2 <BR> $3 <BR> $4 <BR> $5";
eval("\$format = \"$format\";");
echo $format;
?>

and it looks like im getting the exact same problem in my page: http://cs.idealdds.com/Austin/index.php?content=news.php

im probably doing this completly wronge...

LordShryku

To get around having to eval, you shouldn't readfile. You should [man]include[/man] or [man]require[/man]

hpaustin

i dont see how this can help;
all the var's im using are in the file.

when i use readfile, wont that also use the vars in it... or do i have to use readfile and include?

hpaustin

using include seems to create more problems:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/idealdds/cs/www/Austin/news.php on line 15

line 15 starts with $1:

$newssource="news.txt";
$a="readfile('$newssource');";
$1="<table width='100%' border='1' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1'>";
$2="<tr>";

P.S. I get this error on every page, including news.php

hpaustin

im a dumbass....

i almost got it working;

now i only get this error when i goto the page news.php

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/idealdds/cs/www/Austin/news.php on line 15

but i get the error within index.php where i would expect news.php to show up when i goto it.

line 15 on news php:
$1="<table width='100%' border='1' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1'>";

it must have to do something with me trying to put html in a string or sumthin, cuz as u see when u goto the news page all the menu links are missing...
http://cs.idealdds.com/Austin/index.php?content=news.php

hpaustin

i just relized what is screwing me up...

var's can only start with a letter.

<?php
$newssource="news.txt";
$a="include '$newssource';";
$one="<table width='100%' border='1' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1'>";
$two="<tr>";
$three="<td> $a </td>";
$four="</tr>";
$five="</table>";
$format = "$one <BR> $two <BR> $three <BR> $four <BR> $five";
echo $format;
?>

now i have a table that says this in it: include 'news.txt';

how do i get my table to print the text within news.txt?