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Re: Repetetive code question

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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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Repetetive code question Dynamo - 2012-11-15 12:26 +0000
  Re: Repetetive code question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-11-15 12:31 +0000
  Re: Repetetive code question Shake <QUITAESTO@QUITAESTO.NOES> - 2012-11-15 13:33 +0100
    Re: Repetetive code question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-15 16:21 +0100
      Re: Repetetive code question Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-11-15 11:18 -0500
        Re: Repetetive code question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-15 21:06 +0100
          Re: Repetetive code question Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-11-15 16:20 -0500
            Re: Repetetive code question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-18 04:53 +0100
              Re: Repetetive code question Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-11-18 08:38 -0500
          Re: Repetetive code question Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-11-17 08:54 -0500
  Re: Repetetive code question Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-11-15 07:47 -0500
    Re: Repetetive code question Dynamo - 2012-11-15 13:21 +0000
  Re: Repetetive code question Goran <goran@nospam.com> - 2012-11-15 16:24 +0100
    Re: Repetetive code question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-15 16:36 +0100
      Re: Repetetive code question Goran <goran@nospam.com> - 2012-11-16 09:11 +0100
        Re: Repetetive code question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-16 11:24 +0100
  Re: Repetetive code question Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2012-11-15 16:29 +0100

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