[RESOLVED] file_get_contents strips stuff???

[scrupul0us]

im trying to echo out the contents of an apache <directory> directives file and its stripping out all the carrets, gators, brackets, slashes etc... how can i dump the contents of the entire file intact?

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[NogDog]

$text = file_get_contents("file.txt");
echo "<pre>";
echo htmlentities($text);
echo "</pre>\n";

[scrupul0us]

i was also able to fix this by outputting into a textarea element