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#1 2006-08-27 22:00:21

lozmatic

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Including a .txt file in an article

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I’ve created a custom field called NewLinks and want to use it to specify the name of the file that should be included.</p>

<p>I tried the following in a form but it didn’t work:</p>

<code> <txp:php> &lt;? include (“&lt;txp:custom_field name=“NewLinks” /&gt;”); ?&gt; </txp:php>
</code> <p>The error I get is…</p>

<p>Parse error: parse error in c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\fpp\textpattern\publish\taghandlers.php(1726) : eval()’d code on line 2</p>

<p>I’m getting the same result with the filename directly in the form:</p>
<code> <txp:php> &lt;? include (“news.txt”); ?&gt; </txp:php>
</code> <p>Any ideas?</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>Loz</p>

Last edited by lozmatic (2006-08-27 22:02:08)

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#2 2006-08-27 22:23:43

ruud

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

Try: <del><code> <txp:php> include (“<txp:custom_field name=“NewLinks” />”); </txp:php></code></del>

or: <code><txp:php> include (“news.txt”); </txp:php></code>

Last edited by ruud (2006-08-28 09:17:49)

#3 2006-08-28 04:18:23

Mary

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

<txp:php>include(custom_field(array('name' => 'NewLinks')));</txp:php>

<txp:php>include('news.txt");</txp:php>

#4 2006-08-28 20:28:49

lozmatic

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

Hi ,

I’m getting the following error which indicates to me that there is something wrong with how my PC is set up…

tag_error <txp:php> -> Warning: (null)(): Failed opening ‘’ for inclusion (include_path=’.;C:/Program Files/EasyPHP1-8\php\pear\’) on line 1

Thanks for your help :)

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#5 2006-08-28 23:49:39

NyteOwl

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

lozmatic wrote:

tag_error <txp:php> -> Warning: (null)(): Failed opening ‘’ for inclusion (include_path=’.;C:/Program Files/EasyPHP1-8\php\pear\’) on line 1

Check your path mixture of ‘/’ and ‘\’

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#6 2006-10-01 23:47:55

lozmatic

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

Hi,

This worked in the end :)

But I’m hoping to save a custom field by having the php open a file that is named [url_title].txt and saved in the files directory (where uploaded files are saved).

So if i publish ‘13’ in the field the URL-only title filed the php would have to look for a file published here: files/13.txt

<code>
<txp:php>include(custom_field(array(‘name’ => ‘url_title’)));</txp:php>
</code>

This will only return ‘13’ and not ‘files/13.txt’ so I get a ‘No such file or directory’ error.

I hope this makes sense!

Last edited by lozmatic (2006-10-01 23:48:43)

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#7 2006-10-02 03:17:51

Mary

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

Try:

<txp:php>global $file_base_path; include($file_base_path.DS.custom_field(array('name' => 'url_title'))).'.txt';</txp:php>

:)

Last edited by Mary (2006-10-03 03:22:06)

#8 2006-10-02 21:26:37

lozmatic

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

Thanks Mary,

does that print the .txt bit too?

I guess I could always have a file without an extension.

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#9 2006-10-03 01:15:40

Mary

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

I updated the code. :)

#10 2006-10-03 02:25:51

lozmatic

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

Mary,

I hate haveing to ask you again… and I did try to figure it out, honestly!

The output is…

www\textpattern\files13.txt

I just need one extra \ after files and it will work!

I tried this but it didn’t work:

<code>
<txp:php>global $file_base_path; include($file_base_path.’\’.custom_field(array(‘name’ => ‘url_title’))).’.txt’;</txp:php>
</code>

Not sure why, and for some reason I have this feeling that some + symbols are missing.

Loz

(I should leanrn PHP, really)

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#11 2006-10-03 03:11:54

Mary

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

Ah yes, forgot the slash too.

It looks like your files path (advanced admin prefs) is incorrect (something’s missing from in front of “www”). If you go to your diagnostics tab, you will see “$path_to_site:”. How does it compare to your files path?

#12 2006-10-03 19:26:15

lozmatic

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Re: Including a .txt file in an article

I added a / at the end and noe wit works wonderfully :)

Thank you very much.

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