[RESOLVED] $var = include("file.php");

[Atomiku]

$var = include("file.php");

Hmmm...

Is there any function that works like include but returns the result, instead of echoing it?

Thanks in advance, Matt

PS:

I do not want to use eval 😛 Hopefully there is another way around it

[Drakla]

Yes - return funnily enough. That code you've put up is valid - but with a function you'd use it like this

$name = my_function();

function my_function()
{
    return 'Professor Jason Hammond';
}

// you can just echo it, too

echo my_function();

EDIT: Just in case you meant something else - does the included file echo statements, and you want to capture them to a variable? In that case do this:

ob_start();

include('whatever-minger.php');

$output = ob_get_clean();

[Atomiku]

Yesh.. BUT when I do something like this:

$var = include("chooser.php");
echo somefunction("header",$var,"footer");

It doesnt work?

In fact, $var isnt anything. include just includes the stuff but doesnt return it 🙁

[calcop]

Hey Atomiku, how goes it?

The include() function does not return any value. If you want to stick a php file into an array and have all code evaulated use the eval() function.

The prototype looks like:

mixed eval ( string code_str );

This ONLY evaulates PHP code, not HTML with nested PHP code.

So, if you had a random number generator named rannum.php you could read the rannum.php file into a variable called $rnfile and do:

$new_number = eval($rnfile);

Hope this helps!

[Drakla]

Include can return a value. From the manual

"Handling Returns: It is possible to execute a return() statement inside an included file in order to terminate processing in that file and return to the script which called it. Also, it's possible to return values from included files. You can take the value of the include call as you would a normal function."

Atomiku - post some simple code, or do a simple example and post that if you can't get it to work.

[Atomiku]

ob_start();

include('whatever-minger.php');

$output = ob_get_clean();

just what i need. thanks 🙂

[Drakla]

Good - use the thread tools to mark it resolved.

[LoganK]

Drakla wrote:

Good - use the thread tools to mark it resolved.

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