Read a full text file

[Mague]

I have got a website with a few friends from school(year8). We have got a website up. I want it so it looks for a textfile and reads and writes it into a textbox. It does do this. The only problem is that it doesn't read the whole file. It may read like 3 words out of 7 so its not that gud.

This is my code

<div id="text2" style="position:absolute; overflow:hidden; left:351px; top:192px; width:475px; height:671px; z-index:2"><div class="wpmd">
<div><font class="ws12" face="Franklin Gothic Heavy">
<?php
$myFile = "HomeNews.txt";
$passw = fopen($myFile, "r");
$pass = fread($passw, 5);
while ( $line = fgets($passw, 1000) ) {
echo($line);
}

I am using notepad on windows xp. And im using my friends server which he pays for and i think they use appach.

Hopefully someone can help.
Thanks alot
Mague

[nathj]

[php]
<div id="text2" style="position :absolute; overflow:hidden ; left:351px; top:192px; width:475px; height:671px; z-index:2"><div class="wpmd">
<div><font class="ws12" face="Franklin Gothic Heavy">
<?php
$myFile = "HomeNews.t xt";
$passw = fopen($myFile, "r");
$pass = fread($passw, 5);
while ( $line = fgets($passw, 1000) ) {
echo($line);
}
[/php]
Mague

Try changing the line:
[php]
$pass = fread($passw, 5) ;
[/php]

To:
[php]
$pass = fread($passw, filesize($passw ))
[/php]

I found this on the php site. There maybe more helpful information there.

Cheers
nathj

[Mague]

Try changing the line:
[php]
$pass = fread($passw, 5) ;
[/php]

To:
[php]
$pass = fread($passw, filesize($passw ))
[/php]

I found this on the php site. There maybe more helpful information there.

Cheers
nathj

Thanks Alot this code didn't work but led me on to find this code
$contents = fread($handle,f ilesize); which does work

thanks heaps
Mague

[nathj]

Thanks Alot this code didn't work but led me on to find this code
$contents = fread($handle,f ilesize); which does work

thanks heaps
Mague

that;s my mistake - the filesize function takes the filename as the parameter not the file handle - that's my fault. Sorry, at least it's working now though.

All the best with the rest of the project.

Cheers
nathj

[pbmods]

Heya, Mague.

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