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Bill Posters · 01-04-2004, 17:05

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As the title implies, I'm trying to run a str_replace on an included/read document.

Basically, I'm trying to import the contents of a .txt file and convert \n to <br /> tags.

I can do the whole fopen …*fclose sweep just fine.
Before the fclose, I declare the contents (string) of the file as a variable.

I'm then attempting the run the variable through a str_replace process.

It will work fine if I remove the str_replace part.
It will work fine (w/ the str_replace) if the variable string doesn't originate from an fread document.
I just can't seem to get the two to work together.

Here's what I have.

Code:

<?php

$filename = "bios/martinenorman.txt";

$file = fopen($filename, "r");

$filesize = filesize($filename);

$text = fread($file, $filesize);

fclose($file);


$text = str_replace("\n",'<br />', $text);

?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
	<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
	<title>str_replace</title>
</head>
<body>

<p>
<?php echo($text); ?>

</p>

</body>
</html>

The str_replace is just being ignored.

Help?

TIA

Bill Posters · 01-04-2004, 17:20

Scrap that.
Found this.

Code:

$text = nl2br($text);

Presumed it would give me <br> instead of <br />.
Pleasantly surprised to find…

Bill Posters · 01-04-2004, 17:50

Scrap all that, found that Tex-Edit Plus was to blame.
Silly arse was using non-standard invisible characters to indicate new lines.

Swapped to another text app and went with ereg_replace() instead.

:happybunny:

gray · 01-04-2004, 18:15

glad we could help mate

cam · 02-04-2004, 05:42

lol gray

and bill, nl2br is so handy, php is loaded with great little functions like that

Bill Posters · 02-04-2004, 05:54

I ended up using this:

Code:

$text = ereg_replace("\r","",$text);
$text = ereg_replace("\n","<br />\n",$text);
$text = ereg_replace(".<br />","\n</p>\n<p>",$text);

It enables me to format the contents of the txt file in a way that matches the surrounding markup (à la view source).

nl2br() is great, but a little too basic for my (pedantic) needs.

I'm wearing my PHP is fun! badge today.

01-04-2004, 17:05	#1 (permalink)
Bill Posters trouble free and loverlee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: YooKay Posts: 2,901	Running str_replace on a fread txt file <php-newbie-alert /> As the title implies, I'm trying to run a str_replace on an included/read document. Basically, I'm trying to import the contents of a .txt file and convert \n to <br /> tags. I can do the whole fopen …fclose* sweep just fine. Before the fclose, I declare the contents (string) of the file as a variable. I'm then attempting the run the variable through a str_replace process. It will work fine if I remove the str_replace part. It will work fine (w/ the str_replace) if the variable string doesn't originate from an fread document. I just can't seem to get the two to work together. Here's what I have. Code: <?php $filename = "bios/martinenorman.txt"; $file = fopen($filename, "r"); $filesize = filesize($filename); $text = fread($file, $filesize); fclose($file); $text = str_replace("\n",'<br />', $text); ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>str_replace</title> </head> <body> <p> <?php echo($text); ?> </p> </body> </html> The str_replace is just being ignored. Help? TIA

01-04-2004, 17:20	#2 (permalink)
Bill Posters trouble free and loverlee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: YooKay Posts: 2,901	Scrap that. Found this. Code: $text = nl2br($text); Presumed it would give me <br> instead of <br />. Pleasantly surprised to find…

02-04-2004, 05:42	#5 (permalink)
cam vague™ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Glasgow Posts: 5,196	lol gray and bill, nl2br is so handy, php is loaded with great little functions like that __________________ Random goodness at The Blog™

02-04-2004, 05:54	#6 (permalink)
Bill Posters trouble free and loverlee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: YooKay Posts: 2,901	I ended up using this: Code: $text = ereg_replace("\r","",$text); $text = ereg_replace("\n","<br />\n",$text); $text = ereg_replace(".<br />","\n</p>\n<p>",$text); It enables me to format the contents of the txt file in a way that matches the surrounding markup (à la view source). nl2br() is great, but a little too basic for my (pedantic) needs. I'm wearing my PHP is fun! badge today.

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01-04-2004, 17:50	#3 (permalink)
Bill Posters trouble free and loverlee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: YooKay Posts: 2,901	Scrap all that, found that Tex-Edit Plus was to blame. Silly arse was using non-standard invisible characters to indicate new lines. Swapped to another text app and went with ereg_replace() instead. :happybunny:

01-04-2004, 18:15	#4 (permalink)
gray i still want paying Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: newcastle, uk Posts: 4,728	glad we could help mate

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