simple way to display data in a txt file on a webpage

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Working on a project  one of the webpages will display a list of people  specifically  a list of people from a graduation class that haven t been located yet   Instead of manually updating these lists in tables which is a boneheaded Web 1 0 way of doing it  I d like to take the submitted list of names  convert them to a simple  txt list  and then display that list on the webpage   So far  the easist way to do this is to use an iframe element    only thing is  I cannot  or don t know how to  apply any text styling to the contents of the iframe  I ve published a sample of what I ve been able to accomplish here  http   dongarber com test  helpus-iframetest html  The default font is courier  and the client probably ain t gonna be too keen on it  Is there a better way to do this  that s doesn t require ASP NET or a database    list  p       font  arial      font-size  14px                lt p gt Help us locate all of our classmates from the High School class of 1961  If  you know amp nbsp where they live amp nbsp or their e-mail addresses contact the Reunion Committee  lt  p gt       lt p gt  amp nbsp  lt  p gt       lt div id  list  gt  lt p gt  lt iframe src  missingmen txt  width 200 height 400 frameborder 0  gt  lt  iframe gt  lt  p gt  lt  div gt        lt  div gt

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Easy way    Rename missingmen txt to missingmen html  Add a single line to the top of missingmen html   lt link href  txtstyle css  rel  stylesheet  type  text css    gt  Create a file called txtstyle css  and add to it a line like this  html  body  font-family Helvetica  Arial  sans-serif

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How are you converting the submitted names to  a simple  txt list    During that step  can you instead convert them into a simple HTML list or table   Then you could wrap that in a standard header which includes any styling you want

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That s the code I use    lt  php         path  C  foopath         file  foofile txt          read file contents      content            lt h2 gt  file lt  h2 gt               lt code gt                   lt pre gt   htmlspecialchars file get contents   path  file      lt  pre gt               lt  code gt           display     echo  content    gt    Keep in mind that if the user can modify  path or  file  for example via   GET or   POST   he she will be able to see all your source files  danger

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In more recent browsers code like below may be enough    x000D   x000D   lt object data  https   www w3 org TR PNG iso 8859-1 txt  width  300  height  200  gt  x000D  Not supported x000D   lt  object gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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I find that if I try things that others say do not work  it s how I learn the most    lt p gt  amp nbsp  lt  p gt   lt p gt README txt lt  p gt   lt p gt  amp nbsp  lt  p gt   lt div id  list  gt     lt p gt  lt iframe src  README txt  frameborder  0  height  400        width  95   gt  lt  iframe gt  lt  p gt   lt  div gt    This worked for me  I used the yellow background-color that I set in the stylesheet    list  p       font  arial      font-size  14px      background-color  yellow

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You can add it as script file  save the txt file with js suffix  in the head section add   x000D   x000D   lt script src  fileName js  gt  lt  script gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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If you just want to throw the contents of the file onto the screen you can try using PHP     lt  php      myfilename    mytextfile txt       if file exists  myfilename          echo file get contents  myfilename           gt

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You cannot style a text file  it must be HTML

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