Storing HTML file as a PHP string

Question

I have a full HTML page:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Template</title>
    <meta name="description" content="">
    <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True">
  ...
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>

I'm trying to save it in a variable like so:

$template = htmlentities("<!DOCTYPE HTML><html lang="en-US">...", ENT_HTML5, "UTF-8" );

.. but it chokes at just the first HTML tag.

Err, use heredoc?

Ja͢ck
– Ja͢ck

2015-02-06 06:48:20 +00:00
Commented Feb 6, 2015 at 6:48 — Ja͢ck
– Ja͢ck, Commented Feb 6, 2015 at 6:48

Ja͢ck · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-06 06:48:41Z

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That's because the first HTML tag has double quotes, just like you use for delimiting your string literal.

$template = <<<EOD
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Template</title>
    <meta name="description" content="">
    <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True">
  ...
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>
EOD;

edited Feb 6, 2015 at 6:48

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answered Feb 6, 2015 at 6:47

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eozzy Over a year ago

Would just add a note for beginners like me that ending EOD; must not have empty space before it.

eozzy Over a year ago

btw, it doesn't seem to recognize others variables inside the EOD, for example <p class="meta">►►► BRAND NEW ◉ <?= $description ?></p>

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Over a year ago

You wouldn't use a short echo tag in a string literal, so you wouldn't use it in a heredoc either.

Nishanth Matha · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-06 06:45:39Z

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You are not escaping the string propertly Try to: Replace

htmlentities("//whatever your html code is//");

with

htmlentities('//whatever your html code is//');

answered Feb 6, 2015 at 6:45

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Prashant M Bhavsar · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-06 06:46:06Z

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user addslashes function..it will not truncate your string in between. This function can be used to prepare a string for storage in a database and database queries.

Before storing into database or for any purpose

$final_string = addslashes('<!DOCTYPE HTML>

..........');

Before rendering that output on browser

$normal_string = stripslashes($database_retrived_string);

answered Feb 6, 2015 at 6:46

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Ja͢ck Over a year ago

"This function can be used to prepare a string for storage in a database and database queries." - No, it can't.

Prashant M Bhavsar Over a year ago

@Ja͢ck for your information w3schools.com/php/func_string_addslashes.asp php.net/addslashes

Ja͢ck Over a year ago

Preparing a string for database requires either a dedicated database escaping function or prepared statements; preparing a string for output in a browser requires htmlspecialchars().

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Over a year ago

Why are you assuming that it's going to be stored in a database?

Prashant M Bhavsar Over a year ago

I have given example...we can use it for any purpose...we can use that function to storing into variable without any break and can use stripslashes to render it again...

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Raj · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-06 06:48:35Z

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$data = '<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Template</title>
    <meta name="description" content="">
    <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True">
  ...
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>';

base64_encode($data);

answered Feb 6, 2015 at 6:48

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Bitwise Creative Over a year ago

He would still have to manually escape all of the single quotes. Heredoc works. Not sure why he wouldn't just read the file in though...

ITChristian · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-06 06:56:17Z

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Try this:

$temp     = addslashes('<!DOCTYPE HTML><html lang="en-US">...', ENT_HTML5, "UTF-8" );

$template = htmlentities($temp);

edited Feb 6, 2015 at 6:56

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