[RESOLVED] Show content of a script file instead of running it?

Joseph_Sliker

Hi;

I am wondering if there is a quick/simple way of showing the raw code of a php script file rather than (or in addition to) running it on a page? i.e. Say I am showing a jpgraph image by including a line like...

ECHO "<img src=http://www.school.k12.wi.us/psi/jpgraph-2.2/src/Mygraphs/thisgraph.php>";

Right below it I'd like to echo the code contained in the file "http://www.school.k12.wi.us/psi/jpgraph-2.2/src/Mygraphs/thisgraph.php";

bradgrafelman

Just [man]file_get_contents/man and echo() it out.

You can even make it look nice and use [man]highlight_file/man.

Joseph_Sliker

I am having some success with the method you suggested but...

It only seems to work if the script I want to include and view is in the same directory as the page that is running.

ie. I get the following warning:

Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.school.k12.wi.us/psi/jpgraph-2.2/src/Mygraphs/q_SEASON_COUNT.php) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/www/htdocs/psi/querytest.php on line 118

...if I code it like so

$homepage = file_get_contents(http://www.school.k12.wi.us/psi/jpgraph-2.2/src/Mygraphs/_q_SEASON_COUNT.php');

ALSO, I get some kind of partially processed content (rather than the raw file content) UNLESS I PUT THE OUTPUT IN A TEXTAREA

ie. if it is coded like this:

echo "$homepage";

I get the following:

SetShadow(); // Use a "text" X-scale $graph->SetScale("textlin"); // Specify X-labels $graph->xaxis->SetTickLabels($seasons); // Set title and subtitle $graph->title->Set($title); // Use built in font $graph->title->SetFont(FF_FONT1,FS_BOLD); // Create the bar plot $b1 = new BarPlot($counts); //$b1->SetLegend("Temperature"); //$b1->SetAbsWidth(6); //$b1->SetShadow(); // The order the plots are added determines who's ontop $graph->Add($b1); // Finally output the image $graph->Stroke(); ?>

...but if it is coded like so,

echo "<textarea rows=\"20\" cols=\"80\">$homepage</textarea>";

...a textarea shows (even though it is not part of a form) that DOES show the raw file content...just as I want.

I'd love to use the highlight function...but can't seem to get it to show up on the page.

Joseph_Sliker

The following code does exactly what I want...with the highlights!

$code = highlight_file($USEGRAPH, true);
echo $code;

Thanks for the nudge in the right direction!

djjjozsi

if you wanted to modify on the highlighted codes,
you can use the output buffering ( ob_start() )to collect the output, and print it with htmlspecialchars()