Re: Assigning output of include() to a variable
| From: | Jason Brooke | Date: | Mon, 10 Sep 2001 03:02:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Assigning output of include() to a variable | ||
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> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to figure this thing out for 3 hours now. Lets say we
have
> a variable $x. Now I need to assign $x with similar output that comes from
> an include function.
>
> For anyone who did not understand me --> Instead of the stupid include()
> function outputing the file contents to the browser I need it to assign it
> to variable x.
>
> I am pretty sure inlude() cannot do it but is there any other function
> similar to include() that will process the file and then assign the output
> to a variable.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> SID
there's a stupid function called file() that does that
it's in the stupid manual - which also explains the behaviour of include for
you as well
jason