Is there a way to make a php file update itself periodically, by importing a txt file, which contains a portion of the script that updates periodically?

So basically, every day at the same time, this script would import the txt file, and replace a portion of itself with this updated file?

The desired effect is to update the php file directly with the information. So, instead of something that looks like this:

PHP Code:

<?php
other script content
include("1.php");
other script content
?>

It would instead look like this

PHP Code:

<?php
other script content
text periodically imported to this location
other script content
?>

Thus, eliminating the need for most server side includes.

Hmmm... Well, I don't have much PHP coding experience yet, but I think that you could use the Date function to return the day and use it inside a switch. The only thing you would need in this case would be 7 cases (if you go by the days) or 28 cases (if you go by the day's number) - 28 because that's the lowest and you could just use the default switch otherwise.

Erm... I think that this would only be a reasonable method if you know the file names you want to include for the different days. If you use the Date function to return the day of the week (Mon, Tue, etc.) then you could make the 7 cases with the default switch. The only maintenance would be either changing each case each week (which would be a little bit of a hassle) or to upload the 7 new files each week and override the old files without changing the names (less of a hassle). Unfortunately, the less of a hassle also has it's downside, as it takes more effort to archive the old files, and if you forget to archive them one week, they're gone (at least on the server).