How to read the contents of a file into a string in PHP

file_get_contents() can help us here. It reads a file and stores it in a string. Can be used with local files, as well as online content:

$myLocalFile = file_get_contents('myfile.html');
$myOnlineFile = file_get_contents('http://wpguru.co.uk');

echo myOnline File; // would display the actual website

This is different from the file() function which reads the contents of a file into an array.

• http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php
• http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.file.php