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webmaster66

Im making an instant messenger program and i would like to correctly display the contents of a .txt file in a php file. The txt file is [url]http://****************webmaster66/am.txt[/url]
I want it to look like that. With the line breaks instead it shows
Andrew: ok the clear convo works better Andrew: Andrew: Andrew: aa Andrew: aa Andrew: bb all in one line. Is there a way to get the txt file to display EXACTALLY how it appers?

webmaster66

Im making an instant messenger program and i would like to correctly display the contents of a .txt file in a php file. The txt file looks like this
Andrew: ok the clear convo works better

Andrew:

Andrew:aa

Andrew:t test
I want it to look like that. With the line breaks instead it shows
Andrew: ok the clear convo works better Andrew: Andrew: Andrew: aa Andrew: t test all in one line. Is there a way to get the txt file to display EXACTALLY how it appers?

etully

look up the nl2br function at php.net

goldlikesnow

echo nl2br($yourFileTxtInAString);

madwormer2

<pre> ^_

But you probably don't want that, so nl2br() will change new lines to <br /> so that the output will have the lines as they are in the text file (as HTML)

Manual -> [man]nl2br/man

webmaster66

<?php
echo nl2br(include("am.txt"));
?>
that is still returning it asAndrew:sadfkAndrew :asdfas . Am i calling the file right?

goldlikesnow

read the text in a string first !

leatherback

If you use the HTML pre-formatted text labels:

It should come out as it is in the textfile,

webmaster66

could you just give me the code. Ive been trying for a while?

webmaster66

<?php
$content = readfile( "am.txt" );
echo nl2br($content);
?>

I thought that would work for sure but it doenst

webmaster66

nvm i got it