Embedding a html file in a block?

Private Joined: Dec 02, 2004 Posts: 37

I was wondering if it's possible to embed an html file in a block. what i mean is, is it possible in the $content area for a block, could i place the code

Code:

would it then display the html file inside the block?

if i'm aiming the wrong way towards this, any help would be appreciated.

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 9

try this

Code:

<?php include 'file.html'; ?>

Private Joined: Dec 02, 2004 Posts: 37

so, it should look like...

Code:

<?php
if (eregi("block-POL.php",$PHP_SELF)) {
Header("Location: index.php");
die();
}
$content = "include 'pol.html'";

?>

is this right?

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12397

Include does not work that way. You cannot include into a variable.

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 9

try readfile: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php

Private Joined: Dec 02, 2004 Posts: 37

ok, so now it should look like...

Code:

<?php
if (eregi("block-POL.php",$PHP_SELF)) {
Header("Location: index.php");
die();
}
header ("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header ("Content-Type: text/html");
header ("Content-Length: " . filesize(pol.html));
header ("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=pol.html");
readfile(pol.html);

?>

?

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 9

how about

Code:

$content = readfile('pol.html');

readfile returns a string with the contents of the file.. you need to tell it where to go... usually into $content ... or 'echo' it

Private Joined: Dec 02, 2004 Posts: 37

ok, i believe i followed instructions correctly, but something is not displaying properly...

and here's the code to the block...

Code:

<?php
if (eregi("block-POL.php",$PHP_SELF)) {
Header("Location: index.php");
die();
}

$content = readfile('pol.html');

?>

any idea why the source is not appearing inside the Block, but outside? also, where does that "444" in the block area come from?

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 9

ok, I didnt realize that this was your own block. In that case, the $content doesn't do anything for you. You need to echo the contents of the file ...

so instead of

Code:

$content = readfile('pol.html');

try this

Code:

echo(readfile('pol.html'));

Private Joined: Dec 02, 2004 Posts: 37

i changed the $content to echo, but it still appears outside the block area, although the 444 did disappear, it was replaced with "There isn't content right now for this block."

i've noticed i some files, a OpenTable() and CloseTable() tag, would this be of any use for this application?

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 9

ok sorry about the runaround.. i am kinda new here

anyway.. i did some testing and this works

Code:

<?php
if (eregi("block-POL.php",$PHP_SELF)) {
Header("Location: index.php");
die();
}

$content .= "HELLO WORLD <br><br>";
$content .= file_get_contents('blocks/pol.html');

?>

notice that you need the relative path to the file pol.html

Private Joined: Dec 02, 2004 Posts: 37

it still only displays the text, but fortunately, the source of the html file has stopped appearing outside the block... now it does'nt appear at all.

if it helps, the source for the html file is below:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>PlayOnline Community Tool</title>
</head>
<body>

<script language="Javascript" src="http://www.playonline.com/communityus/comTool/ff11/comTool.js">
</script>
<script language="Javascript">

</script>

</body>
</html>

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 9

OK well, you cant have all those html tags (html, head, body) etc because the block is not a stand-alone page.

Also, why not just copy & past the html into the block?

It might work if you slim down the html file to the following:

Code:

<script language="Javascript" src="http://www.playonline.com/communityus/comTool/ff11/comTool.js">
</script>
<script language="Javascript">

</script>