PHP variables in HTML

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Well sorry with the same question again, well i saw in phpbb there are templates in html format and they have html tags also but in between there are php array variables and values and in the main index file they just declared the variables and in the end the included the template and voilà! the index page is displayed without any errors now i want the same like make a variable or array and add those names in the html file like this:

index.php:

$var1 = "text";

include "file.html";

file.html:

this is {var1}

and the output should come "this is text". can anyone tell me how to do this?

EDIT: I don't want php codes like echo and all just {} and i am get output as "This is {var1}".

What is the output you're getting?

emco
– emco

2011-04-03 17:26:42 +00:00
Commented Apr 3, 2011 at 17:26 — emco
– emco, Commented Apr 3, 2011 at 17:26

BugFinder · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-03 17:26:15Z

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Thats because its using the html file as a template. I then parses through and replaces the variables with actual data.

answered Apr 3, 2011 at 17:26

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Keshav Nair Over a year ago

How do i do that? anything you can specify so that i can google it out??

Byron Whitlock · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-03 17:26:33Z

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you don't need templates.

this is <?php echo $var1?>

or if short tags are enabled

this is <?=$var1?>

answered Apr 3, 2011 at 17:26

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Syntax Error · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-08 22:29:54Z

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I use something like this:

$content = file_get_contents($content_file);
                $pattern ='/<\$([a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z0-9_]*)>/';
                preg_match_all($pattern, $content, $matches);

                foreach($matches[1] as $match){
                    if(isset($$match)){
                        $content = preg_replace ('/<\$'.$match.'>/', $$match , $content, 1);
                    }

This will let you use variables like this <$varname>

If you want to use {varname} syntax just rewrite the pattern. For the $content_file be sure to include the path to the file.

Edit: Oops... had to fix my less than/greater than signs...

edited Apr 8, 2011 at 22:29

answered Apr 3, 2011 at 18:58

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tz-lom · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-03 18:39:40Z

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You can't just include file , you must read file into variable and replace {var} to $var. If you already have an array of available replacements - use str_replace to get job done. But this is bad practice , use short tags or echo instead.

answered Apr 3, 2011 at 18:39

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