file_get_contents() issue

PHP
1

Hi,

I am writing a simple php code on my localhost. I want to see the content of a text file which is in the same directory as the page. I have tried many codes, but the only outputs i see are warnings or just couple of question marks, like:

when i use this path “./sameFolder/file.txt”;
I get, ??? in firefox browser
when I use this path “file.txt” I get Warning: file_get_contents(file.txt): failed to open stream: Permission denied

apparently the first one is the right format, but can’t figure out why i don’t see the content, and instead see question marks


<?php
   
   //Get the content of file
   $myFile = "./sameFolder/file.txt";
   echo file_get_contents("$myFile");
  
?>

any ideas?

Thanks

2

if file.txt and the file containing your posted php code are in the same folder then

[COLOR=#0000bb]

 
[COLOR=#0000bb]$myFile [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= [/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"./sameFolder/file.txt"[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700];[/COLOR]

[/COLOR]

should be

[COLOR=#0000bb]

 
[COLOR=#0000bb]$myFile [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= [/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"file.txt"[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700];[/COLOR]

or

[COLOR=#0000bb]

 
[COLOR=#0000bb]$myFile [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= [/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"./file.txt"[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700];[/COLOR]

your code is looking for file.txt in a subfolder from the one your php file is in.
[/COLOR][/COLOR]

3

i tried both, it gives me the same warning: permission denied

4

ok, then it’s not a php issue.

try setting the permissions to 777 and then rerun your code.

5

Thanks

6

this works fine on my local server when index.php and test.txt are in the same folder.

index.php

 
<?php

$filePath = 'test.txt';
$contents = file_get_contents($filePath);
echo $contents;
 
?>

test.txt

 
this is line 1
this is line 2
this is line 3
7

I think you have unicode text in the text files. Set correct character set before you output the content.

8

It was the permission. I thought i changed it to 777, which obviously didn’t. and that’s why i was confused and couldn’t figure out what was the problem.

Thanks Kalon