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@NogDogJul 28.2005 — #How are these text files formatted? If each is a single paragraph, then all you need is:
If there is more than one paragraph, then we need to know how those paragraphs are delineated in the text file so we can figure out how to parse them and convert them into appropriate HTML tags.@NogDogJul 28.2005 — #
NOTE: The argument to the file() function can just be the relative path/filename if on the same server.@NogDogJul 28.2005 — #In my opinion, the <br> tag is a kludge that results in poor, inflexible HTML markup and styling. Using <p>...</p> tags gives us proper semantic markup and makes styling much easier. I can put everything within a <div class="obit">...</div>, then define in my CSS how I want the paragraphs to appear with a ".obit p" identifier. Using <br> tags, you'll just have one paragraph with no way to control paragraph spacing, first-line indents, etc.
Is it possible to merge an html file with a txt file?
Here’s my quandry….
I want to have the obits that I have typed up (in txt form) available to viewing. I want to be able to take an html page and insert the txt file of a deceased to output into an html file displaying my webpage template and the obit of the deceased.
I believe it can be done with php but I am not very knowledgeable concerning php syntax. I’m thinking php include?
Any and all suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated.
Lynn
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@NogDogJul 28.2005 — #How are these text files formatted? If each is a single paragraph, then all you need is:[code=php]
<p>
<?php include ("textfile.txt"); ?>
</p>
[/code]If there is more than one paragraph, then we need to know how those paragraphs are delineated in the text file so we can figure out how to parse them and convert them into appropriate HTML tags.
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@NogDogJul 28.2005 — #[code=php]
<?php
# read file into an array:
if($text = file("http://www.kandlelight.net/obits/ALLENEffie.txt"))
{
foreach($text as $line) # loop through each line
{
$line = trim($line); # get rid of leading/trailing spaces and newlines
if(!empty($line)) # if something there, output a paragraph
{
echo "<p>$line</p>n";
}
}
}
?>
[/code]NOTE: The argument to the file() function can just be the relative path/filename if on the same server.
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@NogDogJul 28.2005 — #