[Resolved] [Resolved] [Resolved] include() as variable...

stevesweetland

i have a file which creates a variable full of html bits + bobs.

i want to do something along these lines

<?

$center = "
<table width=\"100\">
  <tr>
    <td>first random table</td>
  </tr>
</table>
".include("includefile.php")."
<table width=\"100\">
  <tr>
    <td>second random table</td>
  </tr>
</table>
";

?>

file path is definately right, as other pages use it, but in a more traditional way.

what im after, is to load the contents of an include file into a variable, so i can just chuck it in the middle of other variables.

ya get me?

ccgorman

Check out the file() functions. You can store the contents of a file in a variable with it, for example:

$content=file("includefile.php");

I think you then have to do a loop to display, but I am not sure:

for ($i=0;$i<count($content);$i++) {
PRINT($content[$i]);
}

Weedpacket

Originally posted by ccgorman
You can I think you then have to do a loop to display, but I am not sure:

Or just join the whole file into a single string:

$content=join('', file("includefile.php"));

Which still assumes that the contents of includefile.php is pure HTML, and you're not expecting to run any PHP within it.

stevesweetland

ok, this does work, but like you say, assumes that it is full of html.

thanks for the solution, but iv hit the problem where im now going to need to run the php in that file.

can i do a

readfile("http://www.foo.com/bar.php");

and expect html in return, can i possibly do the code youv given me here :

$content=join('', file("includefile.php"));
$content=eval($content);

perhaps?

HalfaBee

You can just include() the php in the include file wherever you need it.
If you put <? the rest is parsed as PHP

HalfaBee

If you want to include("includefile.php") as a string, include your original file a the start of the script and use $includedString instead of . include() .

Make includefile.php look like

<?
$includedstring = 'Hello World';
?>

HalfaBee

stevesweetland

there are currently approximately 200 files that use this include file.

altering the include file is not an option, im afraid. i could of course, place the content of the include file by default, BUT for the problem that i will need to edit this single include file to get a result site-wide.

if the content of the include file changes, i need it to change everywhere, and not change the include file, and the 30 odd places where the file needs to be included in the method i am after now.

stevesweetland

no ideas?

Weedpacket

I can think of one.

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Use [man]ob_start[/man] and its cohorts (there's an example of how in the user notes on that page for email templates).

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superwormy

Weedpacket has the solution.
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www.php.net/ob_get_contents
www.php.net/ob_flush