PHP Include, .html file with '

PHP
1

Hello,

Simple one but confusing, feel slightly embaressed to ask tbh but oh well.

I’m using include(‘/somepath/somefile.html’);

inside somefile.html i have some blurb like this:

“This is some text which includes a ’ some more text… bla bla”

If i try and include the .html it doesn’t include any of the text. However if i remove the ’ then it works fine.

:<

Thanks

Steve

2

I am extremely sorry to have wasted your time peeps, it was a stupid mistake.

Back in the nav i forgot to add an ending ’ .

Again, very sorry.

But thank you.

3

Does somefile.html actually contain any markup?

4

I think we’d have to see the file you’re trying to include to say for certain. Could be a character encoding mismatch to the source you’re trying to include from – could be you’ve got php in that .html (which WILL execute if you use include)

Include is for code – have you tried using readfile instead? Readfile is for when you do not want the possibility of code execution… include/require is for when you want the file (regardless of it’s extension) to be checked for and allowed to execute php.

5

That’s weird. Sounds like there’s more than meets the eye here. All the same, you could perhaps replace the ’ with a corresponding entity reference if you want a quick fix: '

6

It is weird :stuck_out_tongue: but yeah that’s the other option. I have tested it with " & lots of special characters but its only ’ that seems to fail.

Any idea’s of what it might be?

7

It’s not my area, I’m afraid. All I can think to ask is what happens if you use

include([COLOR="Red"]"[/COLOR]/somepath/somefile.html[COLOR="Red"]"[/COLOR]);

(with double quotes), but I’d be surprised if that makes a difference.

8

No worries.

Still same result.

Anyone else got any idea’s?