echoing html

"greg brant" <greg_brant@yahoo.co.uk> wrote
in message news:<vgtutcd6v5ukf0@corp.supernews.com>...
>
> i have a form (arround 600 lines of html) which i only want to display
> if a condition isnt met...
>
> its a registration form.
> could it be done by using an
> include("the_html_form.htm");

Yes, but readfile('the_html_form.htm') would be more appropriate.
When you call include() or require(), the file is parsed for PHP
code, which takes a little extra time and a few otherwise
unnecessary processor ticks. So it's a good idea to limit use
of include() and require() to PHP files and use readfile() in
all other cases...

Cheers,
NC

thanks

nc@iname.com (Nikolai Chuvakhin) wrote in message news:<32d7a63c.0307111640.5f77232f@posting.google. com>...
> "greg brant" <greg_brant@yahoo.co.uk> wrote
> in message news:<vgtutcd6v5ukf0@corp.supernews.com>...
> >
> > i have a form (arround 600 lines of html) which i only want to display
> > if a condition isnt met...
> >
> > its a registration form.
> > could it be done by using an
> > include("the_html_form.htm");
>
> Yes, but readfile('the_html_form.htm') would be more appropriate.
> When you call include() or require(), the file is parsed for PHP
> code, which takes a little extra time and a few otherwise
> unnecessary processor ticks. So it's a good idea to limit use
> of include() and require() to PHP files and use readfile() in
> all other cases...
>
> Cheers,
> NC