Saving output of PHP file to variable

[Transition]

I've got a script i wrote that is piecing together a CSV. Part of this task is to include HTML code inside of the CSV. What i'm trying to do is save the output of a file like text_file.php to a variable like $text_file_output. I can't figure out a way to include the output of a PHP page to a variable.

Any help is appreciated!

[thorpe]

output buffering is the easiest option.

<?php
  ob_start();

  // script goes here.

  $text_file_output = ob_get_contents();
  ob_end_flush();
?>

[Transition]

thorpe wrote:

output buffering is the easiest option.

<?php
  ob_start();

  // script goes here.

  $text_file_output = ob_get_contents();
  ob_end_flush();
?>

That sorta works.. Although the ob_end_flush returned all results back to the calling script so i got a 7mb php file 😉. This is what i used, but it's still giving some odd results on the calling page.

		ob_start();
		require('html_template.php');
		$html_template = ob_get_contents();
		ob_end_clean();

[thorpe]

if you want to get the output of a php script from within another php script (not from within itself) use...

<?php

  $html_template = file_get_contents('html_template.php');

?>

[Transition]

Ok actually both work for me now thorpe. I originally had some funky stuff that screwed up the output buffering.

Thanks a lot for your help. 😃