setting php include as variable

[Anon]

I'm stumped trying to set the contents of a php include () file as a variable. Any suggestions?

If I try $foo = include ('file.php'), it just outputs 'file.php' but doesn't set it as $foo.

[daynah]

You can try this. It only gets the output of file.php though, not the php code itself.

<?

ob_start(); // Start output buffering
include ("file.php"); // All output goes to buffer
$buffer = ob_get_contents(); // Assign buffer to a variable
ob_end_clean(); // Clear buffer and turn off output buffering

print $buffer;

?>