How do I load a text file into a javascript variable as a string?

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by komirad, Sep 5, 2007.

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  1. #1
    As the title says...
    And also:
    Can the text file be any extension other than .txt

    I have done this using flash, need to know if it can be done using JS
     
    komirad, Sep 5, 2007 IP
  2. mjamesb

    mjamesb Member

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    The only way I know that it can be done is to use ajax to load the file which will return it as a string variable. The file has to be on a resolvable path on your web site. I have seen it done with .txt, .html, .json etc.... sorry don't have any sample code handy but that is where I would start looking
     
    mjamesb, Sep 6, 2007 IP
  3. loibeignacio

    loibeignacio Peon

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    hi,

    you mean load the contents of a text file ( or any file ) ?

    If yes, you can try PHP's file_get_contents:

    <?php
$content = file_get_contents('some_text_file.txt');
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
	var some_var = '<?php echo $content?>';
	window.onload = function() {
		document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = some_var;
	}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="content"></div>
</body>
</html>
    PHP:
    * you should sanitize the $content first or add some js functions to clean the output

    -Loibe
     
    loibeignacio, Sep 8, 2007 IP
  4. MMJ

    MMJ Guest

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    Yeah, ajax would work fine.
     
    MMJ, Sep 9, 2007 IP