| Re: Repetetive code question [message #179648 is a reply to message #179643] |
Thu, 15 November 2012 16:18   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 11/15/2012 10:21 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> Shake wrote:
>
>> El 15/11/2012 13:26, Dynamo escribió:
>>> following php code to get the file contents:
>>> [
>>> <?php
>>> $mymenu=file_get_contents('menu.txt');
>>> echo $mymenu;
>>> ?>
>>> ]
>>> Everthing works fine but is this good practice and is there a better
>>> way.
>>
>> if the content of 'menu.txt' is HTML... the filename should be
>> 'menu.html'.
>
> And the variable is superfluous (except perhaps for debugging):
>
> <?php
> echo file_get_contents('menu.txt');
> ?>
>
>> What you are doing is an include... you can do this way:
>>
>> <?
>> include('menu.txt');
>> ?>
>
> That is not equivalent to the above, because with `include' (or
> `include_once', `require', or `require_once') the content of menu.txt will
> be parsed (searched for <?php … ?> sections which will then be executed).
>
So? Actually, it's an advantage. For instance, he may later want to
add PHP code into the menu. He then would not need to go back and
change all his existing code.
>
>
> PointedEars
>
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