Display and format text from .txt file.

evogroup · Joined: 01 Sep 2009 Posts: 4

I am trying to display text on a page that is linked to a .txt file.

I have this code which works, but I cannot format the text.
The text is always displayed as black, arial.

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>

<IMG SRC="background.jpg">

<DIV STYLE="position:absolute; top:183px; left:13px; width:500px; height:55px">
<CENTER>
<FONT COLOR="#FF060F" SIZE="+2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">
<object type="text/html" data="text.txt">

</object>
</FONT>
</CENTER>
<div> <font color="#FF060F">
<?php include("text.txt"); ?>
</font></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 2311

All you can format is the text color because there are no html tags to set styling rules for except the font. The color can be set like this

evogroup · Joined: 01 Sep 2009 Posts: 4

Thanks, although I'm not quite getting it.
Like this?

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#txt {color:#FF060F;
font-family:"Georgia", Times New Roman, Times, serif;
font-size:14px;
position:absolute;
top:183px;
left:13px;
width:500px;
height:55px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div id="txt">
<?php include("text.txt"); ?>

</div>
</body></html>

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 2311

That's how you do it. CSS inside style tags in the head section.

evogroup · Joined: 01 Sep 2009 Posts: 4

I just get a blank page in FireFox and Safari.

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 2311

Do you have a server installed (like wamp)?
Php is server side language and is parsed by the server not the browser. You will need to install a server if you want to see the results of php in your browser prior to uploading to a hosting server.

evogroup · Joined: 01 Sep 2009 Posts: 4

No server installed.

I just sent you a PM.

Thanks.