Problem with having an 'include' statement in a variable!

Tusk

Hi again. I fixed my previous problem a matter of hours ago just by pure luck! Since then I have ran into another problem and was seeking some help. My code is as follows:

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<?php
$title = 'title';
$description = 'description';
$keywords = 'keywords';
$main = "<h1 align=\"center\">Welcome</h1>
include (\"news/news.txt\")";
include ("inc_files/template.inc");

?>

The first include statement is in the variable $main and it doesnt do as it is supposed to! Any ideas on how to fix it?
The second include loads in fine though!

Any help is appreciated! 🙂

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jimson

To : Tusk
make sure the news.txt start with <?php and end with ?>
since you are a newbie, maybe i can recommend you to try WDDX function so the file will be XML like oriented and people can use your data file in their website.

BuzzLY

Tusk... you forgot a quote and a semicolon at the end of your $main assignment. You also have problems with the first include line.

Make sure you always enclose your PHP code in [ PHP] and [/ PHP] tags when posting it on the forum. It's easier to read. Your code should look as follows:

<?php 
$title = 'title'; 
$description = 'description'; 
$keywords = 'keywords'; 
$main = "<h1 align=\"center\">Welcome</h1>";
include ("news/news.txt"); 
include ("inc_files/template.inc"); 
?>

matt_4013

I don't think he did forget that Buzzly, I'm pretty sure that wasn't his intention. If I get him correctly, he wants the include to be in the variable, so that when $main is called inside the templat include further along, it includes it then.

If this is true, I'm not sure if it can be done 🙁

OhLordy

You need to use fread or something like that and read the file directly into a variable.
Also, if there is no php in a file (as the case often is with a .txt file) you should really use readfile(), it is much faster as PHP doesn't parse the data before including it.
Good Luck
Rob
PS

<?
$main="<h1 align=\"center\">Welcome</h1>";
if(!($fp=fopen("./news/news.txt","R"))) {
  echo("Could not open the news file");
} else {
  while(feof($fp)) {
    $main.=fread($fp);
  }
}
?>

jimson

return.php
<?php

$var = 'PHP';

return $var;

?>

noreturn.php
<?php

$var = 'PHP';

?>

testreturns.php
<?php

$foo = include 'return.php';

echo $foo; // prints 'PHP'

$bar = include 'noreturn.php';

echo $bar; // prints 1

?>

coming from the manual...

read the manual...

Tusk

Matt_4013, you are correct that is exactly what I was aiming to do! As to Buzz I didnt miss them out I just finished the variable on the next line. Hmm Im still not sure!