file_get_contents()

[johnmccc]

Hi

I have a simple file.php like this:

<?php
echo 'Hello';
?>

 

And I have main PHP script where i want to get the previous file.

So i thought must do this:

<?php
$String = file_get_contents('file.php');
echo $String;
?>

 

But this will print "echo 'Hello';"

I want my main PHP file to print "Hello"

 

So the PHP code is not beging processed

How can I solve this?

I cannot use include or require .. because I want to put the output from file.php into a string!

[Adam]

Take a look around example 5 and 6 area:

 

http://php.net/manual/en/function.include.php

[johnmccc]

Only the 5th one is working.

So if I'm understanding that right my file.php should return something and not echo things?

[Adam]

Correct.

[Adam]

To add, remember you only return once. Think of the behaviour like a function..