Reading PHP code using file_get_contents

Question

The file_get_contents function doesn't seem to be able to read PHP code from .php files. It seems to ignore everything after a <?php tag.

Why might be that?

No error. It's just that the returned value seems to be empty. — Emanuil Rusev
– Emanuil Rusev, Commented Aug 26, 2010 at 14:50

Gumbo · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-26 14:47:23Z

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I guess it isn’t file_get_contents but the way you print the content. Use htmlspecialchars to have the content encoded properly when putting it out into an HTML document:

echo '<pre>', htmlspecialchars(file_get_contents('file')), '</pre>';

answered Aug 26, 2010 at 14:47

Gumbo

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