combining and adding to php variables

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I am trying to combine some php variables to get the full path to a file.

$filepath and $file are working variables. I want the combined variable to be like > filepath/file.xml

$get = file_get_contents( $filepath '/' $file '.xml');

this is what I have and does not work.

`$get = file_get_contents( $filepath . '/' . $file . '.xml');` You use the dots as concatenators (they add each string variable or an actual string together). — MinistryOfChaps, Aug 07 '17 at 13:39
PHP lets you concatenate string literals and string variables with `.` (dot). — Chris Sprague, Aug 07 '17 at 13:40
Possible duplicate of [How to combine two strings together in PHP?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8336858/how-to-combine-two-strings-together-in-php) — MinistryOfChaps, Aug 07 '17 at 13:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 07 '17 at 13:41

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Add concatenate of both $filepath and $file

$get = file_get_contents( $filepath.'/'.$file.'.xml');

answered Aug 07 '17 at 13:41

Suneel Kumar

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none of the above seem to work, but if i manually enter the full path it works. – jasenmichael Aug 07 '17 at 13:45
@dreadycarpenter you can parse the dynamic `$filepath` and `$file` names it's works – Suneel Kumar Aug 07 '17 at 13:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '17 at 13:42

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Use this code:

You are missing . for concatenate.

$get = file_get_contents( $filepath.'/'.$file.'.xml');

answered Aug 07 '17 at 13:42

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Ayirp86 · Answer 3 · 2017-08-07T14:40:22.977

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if you want to combine the path, don't forget using predefined constants DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR (slash or back slash according with your system) and concatenate it with "."

$DS = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;  
$get = file_get_contents( $filepath.$DS.$file.'.xml');

edited Aug 07 '17 at 14:40

answered Aug 07 '17 at 14:30

Ayirp86

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