JavaScript file

Read entire file into an array

function file (url) {
    // Read entire file into an array  
    // 
    // version: 1008.1718
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/file    // +   original by: Legaev Andrey
    // +      input by: Jani Hartikainen
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // %        note 1: This function uses XmlHttpRequest and cannot retrieve resource from different domain.
    // %        note 1: Synchronous so may lock up browser, mainly here for study purposes.    // %        note 1: To avoid browser blocking issues's consider using jQuery's: $('#divId').load('http://url') instead.
    // *     example 1: file('http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/pj_test_supportfile_1.htm');
    // *     returns 1: {0: '123'}
    var req = this.window.ActiveXObject ? new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") : new XMLHttpRequest();
    if (!req) {throw new Error('XMLHttpRequest not supported');}       
    req.open("GET", url, false);
    req.send(null);
    
    return req.responseText.split('\n');}

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Examples

Running

1	file('http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/pj_test_supportfile_1.htm');

Should return

1	{0: '123'}

Dependencies

No dependencies, you can use this function standalone.

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