read content from a php file

[robcrozier]

Hi, i'm trying to read the contents of a PHP file from another PHP file and then save only the raw text that would be outputted on the browser.  So for example if i have a php file that looks like:

 

<?php
  echo "Some text";
?>

 

I want to scan this PHP file and only retreive the "Some text" bit.  I will then do some processing with this.

 

I can already scan a HTML file and then strip all HTML tags to retreive the raw site text, however PHP is giving me a headache.

 

Can anyone suggest how i would go about this?

 

Cheers

 

[gevans]

wouldn't it be easier to use;

 

return "Some text";

 

and assign that to a value in the file that calls it?

[flyhoney]

<?php

ob_start();

include 'file_that_echos_stuff';

// $output holds all the data echo'd in file_that_echos_stuff
$output = ob_get_contents();


?>

[npsari]

This link may be what you are looking for

http://www.zortin.com/scripts/show/?id=294

 

But it is locked!

[premiso]

Another way is call the file using the url.

 

<?php
$file = file_get_contents("http://www.yoursite.com/filetogetcontents.php");

echo $file;
?>

 

Should print out "Some text" given that the above URL exists.