note 104428 added to function.include

Hello, New guy here (sorry), I'm trying this but does not work: <?php $foo='<html> <head> <title>some title</title> </head> <body> <table> <tr><td> some text '.<?php include("file.php"); ?>.' some more text </tr></td> </table> </body> </html>'; echo $foo; ?> I want to display file.php in between some html code. Please help. I've spent about two hours looking but nothing. Thank you in advance, Jesse ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 74.100.211.59 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/104428 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104428/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104428/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104428/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104428/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104428/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104428/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104428 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/104428 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php