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

[Bob Patin]

Thanks Chris, that sounds just like what I need; best,

Bob Patin


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On Mar 9, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Chris Hansen wrote:

> Bob,
>
> Note that you can use the unlink() function to delete uploaded files  
> directly on the page where you're working with them, so you won't  
> have to periodically remove them by hand...  HTH
>
> --Chris
>
> On Mar 7, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> So is there any advantage to using your method over what I used?  
>> They both require the file to be uploaded first...
>>
>> What I was trying to get to work was this:
>> ---
>> $postText = trim(file_get_contents('php://input'));
>> echo $postText;
>> ---
>>
>> But it never worked; I fooled with ENCTYPE, since the php.net site  
>> mentioned that it wouldn't work with multipart/form-data, and set  
>> it to text/xml, but that didn't work either, on XML or any other  
>> kind of text document.
>>
>> It would be great if I could figure out a way to do it so that the  
>> file didn't have to get uploaded, which would keep me from having  
>> to clear these out every now and then, but so long as it works,  
>> which it does now, I'm at least up and running...
>>
>> Thoughts welcome!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Bob Patin
>>
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>> On Mar 7, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Head Honcho wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>> On 08/03/2009, at 10:37 AM, Bob Patin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks; I was all over php.net this afternoon,
>>>
>>> BTW, I use PHP Function index <http://www.artissoftware.com/phpfi/ 
>>> > which allows me to seach for php stuff right on my desktop.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
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