Read Text File into String Variable

Reads an entire text file into a string variable.

Download Chilkat FileAccess ActiveX (freeware)

<?php

$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");

//  Reads the entire contents of a text file into a string variable.
//  The 2nd arg specifies the character encoding used for
//  the contents of the text file.
$fileText = $fac->readEntireTextFile('hamlet.xml','utf-8');

print $fileText . "\n";
?>