Re: Re-engineering print()

If the system() doesn't return something, try using the backticks (left of the 1 key) like so: $s = /path/to/php /path/to/yourfile.php; Gfunk My name was Brian McGee, I stayed up listening to Queen, When I was seventeen. http://www.gfunk007.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristofer Widholm" <kristofer_widholm@bigfoot.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Re-engineering print() > Here's what you wrote, 01-01-11: > > > > $s = sprintf("%s", implode("\n", > > > file('template.php'))); > > > >Why this??? It's redundant, isn't it? Wouldn't > > > >$s= implode("\n", file('template.php')); do it? > > > >Gfunk > > Gfunk, and Mr. Murray, > > I guess I didn't write my query very clearly. What I am looking for > is not just storing the PHP in a variable (that, as you both have > pointed out, is easy enough), but I want to EXECUTE the PHP script > (including it's print statements and everything) and instead of > having that output go directly to the browser, I want it to go to the > variable. The solutions offered certainly do put the PHP into a > variable, but it doesn't execute the PHP and have the output of the > executed PHP get stored into the variable. > > Thanks for familiarizing me with implode(), though, as I'm sure to > use that often. > > Sincerely, > Kristofer > -- > http://www.brokenhill.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "The only real ideas are the ideas of the shipwrecked" > --Ortega y Gassett > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >