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Str_replace and include() together

Hi, I have a document data.txt with csv data and each entry is on a new line.

When I include("data.txt"); all of the data is on one line...
and the following doesnt work either:
str_replace("\n"," ",include("data.txt"));

Any ideas?

Thanks

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Robin Hickmott

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brad_tho

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thanks that worked a treat, dont worry i am using fopen() etc for error handling, i just didnt include them in the question because it wasnt really relevant. but thanks though!

<?php
$filename = 'data.txt';
$content = $_POST['procedure'] . "," . $_POST['date'] . "," . $_POST['start'] . "," . $_POST['finish'] . "," . $_POST['surgeon'] . "\r\n";

if (is_writable($filename)) {
if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'a')) {
echo "Cannot open file ($filename)";
exit;
}
if (fwrite($handle, $content) === FALSE) {
echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)";
exit;
}
echo "Success, wrote ($content) to file ($filename)! 
<html>
<head>
<title>
New Entry Submitted!
</title>
</head>
<body>
";

$file = file("data.txt");
foreach ($file as $value) {
echo("$value" . " ");
}

echo "
</body>
</html>
";
fclose($handle);
} else {
echo "The file $filename is not writable";
}
?>

HackneyCab

PHP also features a function called nl2br which replaces the newline character with the element.

But rhickmott is right about include not being ideal for file access.