pc:ReadFile

Retrieves the content of the specified file and returns this content as an XML text node.

Syntax

<pc:ReadFile filepath="file-path" />

The required filepath identifies the file to be read. If filepath is a relative filepath, the path is relative to the current working directory.

Example

If applied to an input file that has the following contents:

<file>Contents</file>

the following script:

<pc:assign path="c:\temp\definerData.txt"/>
<pc:ReadFile filepath="{$path}" assign:fileContent="."/>
<pc:value-of select="$fileContent" />

will return:

<file>Contents</file>

TIP: You can prevent the output of XML markup characters from being escaped by passing disable-output-escaping="yes". See pc:value-of.