Re: Retrieve output from HTML or PHP file

I have used output buffering[1] in the past to do what you are describing. <snip> # HTML to be written: ob_start(); // Begin output buffering: require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].$path.'/'.$name_of_template.$name_of_template_ext); $message = ob_get_contents(); // Put contents of the above require into $message. ob_end_clean(); // Clean the output buffer. </snip> Probably better ways to do above, but maybe that will help you in some way. Oh, you may also want to look into the eval() function[2]. [1] http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.ob-start.php [2] http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php Cheers, Micky -- BCC for Privacy: http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/bcc-for-privacy.html My del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/mhulse