Loading an HTML file into a PHP variable?

Question

I want to load contents from external HTML sites via GET.

PHP:

<?php
 $content = file_get_contents('template/' . $_GET['l'] . "/" + $_GET['n'] . ".html");
?>

So I want to call this page: (page root)/template/html/1.html

Now if I do so by adding the parameters within the URL (file.php?l=html&n=1), I get nothing displayed. Why is this?

Have you tried hardcoding it and see if that works? Your snippet does not "echo" anything so that might be it too. — Fabien Warniez
– Fabien Warniez, Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 23:22
@FabienWarniez I do <?php echo $content; ?> in my main PHP file. — kyr
– kyr, Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 23:22
You are using + instead of . to concatenate your strings. Use . — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 23:23
Do an echo 'template/' . $_GET['l'] . "/" + $_GET['n'] . ".html" and see whether the path really is correct. Are you sure you are in the right directory? — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 23:26

Fabien Warniez · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-18 23:24:36Z

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Use . instead of + to concatenate.

answered Jan 18, 2014 at 23:24

Fabien Warniez

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