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](http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.heredoc)? — Ja͢ck, Feb 06 '15 at 06:48

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 06 '15 at 06:48

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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 06 '15 at 06:48

Ja͢ck

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answered Feb 06 '15 at 06:47

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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Would just add a note for beginners like me that ending `EOD;` must not have empty space before it. – eozzy Feb 06 '15 at 07:05
btw, it doesn't seem to recognize others variables inside the `EOD`, for example `
►►► BRAND NEW ◉ = $description ?>
` – eozzy Feb 06 '15 at 07:12
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You wouldn't use a short echo tag in a string literal, so you wouldn't use it in a heredoc either. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Feb 06 '15 at 07:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '15 at 06:45

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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 06 '15 at 06:45

Nishanth Matha

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 06 '15 at 06:46

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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 06 '15 at 06:46

Prashant M Bhavsar

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"This function can be used to prepare a string for storage in a database and database queries." - No, it can't. – Ja͢ck Feb 06 '15 at 06:49
@Ja͢ck for your information http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_string_addslashes.asp http://php.net/addslashes – Prashant M Bhavsar Feb 06 '15 at 06:51
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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()`. – Ja͢ck Feb 06 '15 at 06:51
Why are you assuming that it's going to be stored in a database? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Feb 06 '15 at 06:52
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... – Prashant M Bhavsar Feb 06 '15 at 06:53
@Prashant M Bhavsar http://stackoverflow.com/questions/860954/examples-of-sql-injections-through-addslashes – Bitwise Creative Feb 06 '15 at 06:53

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 06 '15 at 06:56

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Try this:

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

$template = htmlentities($temp);

edited Feb 06 '15 at 06:56

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answered Feb 06 '15 at 06:47

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 06 '15 at 06:48

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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 06 '15 at 06:48

Raj

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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... – Bitwise Creative Feb 06 '15 at 06:50

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