[FX.php List] [OFF] PHP question: Pulling in text from a file

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Please clarify....

Read a text file.
Load a form.
Have text from file load into the form?

J

At 4:15 PM -0600 3/7/09, Bob Patin wrote:
>I'm trying to do this: select a file, have PHP read in the text and 
>put it into a variable.
>
>I'm using a form, and have tried several enctypes; right now I'm 
>experimenting with "text/xml" with no luck.
>
>Question: does anyone know how to take a POSTed file and read it 
>into a variable?
>
>here's what I've got so far:
>
>$postText = trim(file_get_contents('php://input'));
>echo $postText;
>
>Getting nothing back...
>
>Anyone help?
>
>
>
>Bob Patin
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