files4

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<html>

<!-- files4.php
     
     by: Sharon Tuttle
     last modified: 12-05-06
-->

<head>
    <title> playing with PHP and files - 4 </title>
</head>

<body>
    <h2> playing with PHP and files - 4 </h2>    

    <h3>
    <?php
        print "About to open REMOTE file on sorrel, HOWDY.txt<br><br>\n";

        $remoteFile = fopen("http://www.humboldt.edu/~st10/HOWDY.txt", "r")
	    or exit("Cannot open HOWDY.txt on sorrel<br>\n");

        // print all non-empty lines read from this URL

	while (! feof( $remoteFile ) )
	{
	      $nextLine = fgets( $remoteFile );

              // ignoring empty lines 

	      if ( strlen( $nextLine ) > 0 )
	      {
	            print $nextLine . "<br>\n";
	      }
	}

	fclose( $remoteFile );
    ?> 
    </h3>

</body>
</head>