Include local PHP file results as a variable?

[acidbox]

I would like to include a local file into my php page, and then be able to save the results of the entire included file as a variable. The included file has a lot of php/html mix in it, and I only want to save the output of the page, as you would see it on the screen. Is this possible?

[frymaster]

try file:
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.file.php

with join
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.join.php

[acidbox]

Will this compile the html code before it reads it into an array? For instance, if there is a variable, $name in the file I am trying to read, will it replace $name with Bob Smith before it turns it into an array?

[devinemke]

if you want to save the actual code of the page then you could do:

$contents = file_get_contents ('/path/to/file.php');

if you want to save the parsed output of a file then you could do:

ob_start ();
include ('/path/to/file.php');
$contents = ob_get_contents ();
ob_end_clean ();

in both cases you will have a variable called $contents, one will be the raw code and the other will be the code after being parsed.

[acidbox]

perfect, thanks, Ill test it now!