Quick PHP question

[ComicWisdom]

I'm not a PHP programmer, but I'm learning.

 

Is it possible to extract the default text from a text file instead of needing to go into the PHP file every time I want to change it.

 

For example can I do something like this.

 

MAIN_TXT = "/mytextfile.txt"

 

If it is, could someone give he the correct syntax, please.

 

Thank you.

 

I suppose I would need to add a line in the PHP program like:

 

includes (/mytextfile)

 

and define it in the filenames.php????

[dave111]

Do something like this:

 

$handle = fopen("/FULL/PATH/TO/YOUR/FILE/mytextfile.txt", "rb");
$contents = '';
while (!feof($handle)) {
 $contents .= fread($handle, 8192);
}
fclose($handle);

DEFINE('MAIN_TEXT',$contents);

 

Obviously replace the /FULL/PATH/TO/YOUR/FILE/ with the full path to your file :)

[ComicWisdom]

Thank you