[SOLVED] Reading in PHP externally as text and parsing it

[Dale_G]

Hey everyone, pretty basic question so I'll start off with an example.

 

I have, on my server a file named "echo.txt" which has, in plain text, "echo 'hello world';".

 

I also have a php file named "read.php".

 

How can I read in "echo.txt" using "read.php" and attempt to PARSE whatever text is inside? So, say, if I update "echo.txt" to "echo 'hello there';", when I view "read.php" it will echo out "hello there" parsed straight from "echo.txt"?

[lemmin]

Put <?php ?> tags in echo.txt and use include "echo.txt"; in read.php

[Dale_G]

Thanks.