How to load a CSV/TXT file in a textarea?

[Guest]

Hello,

I want to load a csv-file to a textarea field.

Is it possible to do that only with HTML?
Or do I need f.e.?

If not... how can I do it?


Regards,

Martin

 

[Toby Inkster]

I want to load a csv-file to a textarea field.

Easy way:

<textarea name="foo"><?php
$lines = ("mydata.csv");
foreach ($lines as $l)
printf("%s\n", htmlspecialchars($l));

Is it possible to do that only with HTML?

No: you'll either need a server-side script, like PHP, or to use AJAX
techniques. Server-side is preferable as it will be vastly more reliable,
but it does mean that your server needs to support that scripting language.

 

[Steve Pugh]

I want to load a csv-file to a textarea field.

Textareas are for the input of text content, you would need to copy
and paste the contents of the csv file into the textarea. To upload a
csv file, or any other sort of file, there needs to be a <input
type="file"> instead.

If you're talking about displaying the contents of a csv file then
forget all about form inputs and either simply link to the csv file:
<a href="myfile.csv">Blah blah blah</a>,
or parse the contents of the csv file on the server and include that
in the ouput HTML,
or load the csv file into an iframe and test to see whether browsers
display it (as its plain text there's a good chance they will).

Is it possible to do that only with HTML?
Or do I need f.e.?

What's f.e.?

Steve

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Martin_P=F6pping?=]

Hi,

Textareas are for the input of text content, you would need to copy
and paste the contents of the csv file into the textarea. To upload a
csv file, or any other sort of file, there needs to be a <input
type="file"> instead.

Yes I know. I coded a normal HTML input type file which shows me the
path of the file in a textbox.

But now I want the content of my file in the textarea and I am asking
myself, if this is possible only via HTML and without coding a file
upload, for example with PHP

What's f.e.?

for example


Regards,

Martin

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Martin_P=F6pping?=]

But now I want the content of my file in the textarea and I am asking
myself, if this is possible only via HTML and without coding a file
upload, for example with PHP

If somebody is interested, here is a solution with PHP:

<h1>Upload</h1>

<form
action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF ?>"
method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="probe" />
<input type="submit" value="Go!" />
</form>
<hr />
<?php
if (isset($_FILES['probe']) and ! $_FILES['probe']['error']) {

move_uploaded_file($_FILES['probe']['tmp_name'], "./tmp/newfile.txt");

printf("Sie ist %u Bytes groß und vom Typ %s.<br />\n",
$_FILES['probe']['size'], $_FILES['probe']['type']);

?>
<textarea cols="50" rows="50"><?include('./tmp/newfile.txt')?></textarea>
<? }
?>




But my question still exists:

Is it possible to show the content of a txt-file in a textarea only with
using HTML?


Bye,
Martin

 

[Guest]

Easy way:

<textarea name="foo"><?php
$lines = ("mydata.csv");
foreach ($lines as $l)
printf("%s\n", htmlspecialchars($l));
?></textarea>

Why can´t i use:

<textarea name="foo"><?php include('mydata.csv') ?></textarea>

?

No: you'll either need a server-side script, like PHP, or to use AJAX
techniques. Server-side is preferable as it will be vastly more reliable,
but it does mean that your server needs to support that scripting language.

Thanks,

Martin

 

[Alan J. Flavell]

<?
<textarea cols="50" rows="50"><?include('./tmp/newfile.txt')?></textarea>
<? }

And when the file in question contains HTML markups?

And when the character encoding of the uploaded file is not the same
as the HTML page in which you want to embed it?

 

[Toby Inkster]

Why can´t i use:

<textarea name="foo"><?php include('mydata.csv') ?></textarea>

What if mydata.csv contains "</textarea>"?

 

[Guest]

What if mydata.csv contains "</textarea>"?

Ok, I got it

 

[Guest]

$lines = ("mydata.csv");

are you sure that this works?

foreach ($lines as $l)
printf("%s\n", htmlspecialchars($l));

I´m always getting a "Invalid argument supplied for foreach()".

The file "mydata.csv" exists

 

[Guest]

Toby Inkster schrieb:
are you sure that this works?

Ok. I found it.
It´s: $lines = file("mydata.csv");

 

[Toby Inkster]

$lines = file("mydata.csv");

That's the one. I missed out four rather vital characters!