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{fetch} is used to retrieve files from the
local file system, http, or ftp and display the contents.
If the file name begins with
http://, the web site page will be fetched and displayed.
Note:
This will not support http redirects, be sure to
include a trailing slash on your web page fetches where necessary.
If the file name begins with ftp://, the file will
be downloaded from the ftp server and displayed.
For local files, either a full system file path
must be given, or a path relative to the executed php script.
Note:
If template $security
is enabled and you are
fetching a file from the local file system, {fetch}
will only allow files from within one of the defined
secure directories.
If the assign attribute is set, the output of the
{fetch} function will be assigned to this template
variable instead of being output to the template.
Attribute Name
Type
Required
Default
Description
file
string
Yes
n/a
The file, http or ftp site to fetch
assign
string
No
n/a
The template variable the output will be assigned
to
Example 8-8. {fetch} examples
{* include some javascript in your template *}
{fetch file='/export/httpd/www.example.com/docs/navbar.js'}
{* embed some weather text in your template from another web site *}
{fetch file='http://www.myweather.com/68502/'}
{* fetch a news headline file via ftp *}
{fetch file='ftp://user:password@ftp.example.com/path/to/currentheadlines.txt'}
{* as above but with variables *}
{fetch file="ftp://`$user`:`$password`@`$server`/`$path`"}
{* assign the fetched contents to a template variable *}
{fetch file='http://www.myweather.com/68502/' assign='weather'}
{if $weather ne ''}
<div id="weather">{$weather}</div>
{/if}
