PHP: How do I display the contents of a textfile on my page?

Question

I have a .txt file on my web server (locally) and wish to display the contents within a page (stored on the same server) via PHP echo.

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Answer 1

Use PHP's fopen

Answer 2

Here, try this (assuming it's a small file!):

<?php
echo file_get_contents( "filename.php" ); // get the contents, and echo it out.
?>

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