# file\_get\_contents

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-get-contents/234349>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 1, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-get-contents/234349 "2007-08-01T15:32:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Paul\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@Mr\_Paul\_Jones](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mr_Paul_Jones)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-get-contents/234349/1 "2007-08-01T15:32:32Z")

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I am using php [SIZE=2]file\_get\_contents [/SIZE]to access a txt file that contains tab separated data (basically a spreadsheet)  
Can someone please advise how I can make the site show the data as a table and not just a long string of words

thanks a lot