Include a file without displaying it

LeonLiber

1) Using the include function in PHP would display the contents of that file on the page but what I need to do is to include a file just to use its contents like varibles and stuff. How do I do that?
2) How can I get a servers URL/IP ?
I used something like:

<?php
$sip = $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDRSS'];
echo "Server's IP is: $sip<br>";
?>

But it doesn't seem to work... whats wrong?
Thanks in advance, Leon.

bogu

LeonLiber wrote:
1) Using the include function in PHP would display the contents of that file on the page but what I need to do is to include a file just to use its contents like varibles and stuff. How do I do that?

Creating a file that set your variables and dont echo anything?

LeonLiber wrote:
2) How can I get a servers URL/IP ?
I used something like:

Code:
<?php
$sip = $SERVER['SERVER_ADDRSS'];
echo "Server's IP is: $sip<br>";
?>
But it doesn't seem to work... whats wrong?
Thanks in advance, Leon.

print_r($SERVER); and see what is in that array ...

LeonLiber

The file doesn't echo.. It has another include function. Isn't there another way??

bogu

nope

LeonLiber

🙁
But thanks for 'print_r($_SERVER);'!

laserlight

Using the include function in PHP would display the contents of that file on the page but what I need to do is to include a file just to use its contents like varibles and stuff. How do I do that?

Write this included file such that it only contains variables, and does not print anything.

bradgrafelman

Yeah, optimize your code so that instead of echo'ing things, it just defines functions or something.

Another workaround, which is resource wasteful, would be to use [man]ob_start/man to buffer all output, include the file, and use [man]ob_end_clean/man to turn off output buffering and destroy the data that is currently displaying when you try to include the script.

bogu

Yes bradgrafelman is right, I forgot about output buffer manipulation u can do it the way he told u ...

LeonLiber

Thanks guys!