Beginner: str_replace and include

[mac_gabe]

Apologies, I'm a complete beginner, so don't even know what to search for, I'm sure this is really elementary level.

 

I've got html text on a second page which I want to "include" in the main php web page and do a "string replace" on at the same time.

 

I can do the "include" OK on its own, but can't get the "string replace" to work at the same time, it just returns the unaltered text.

 

I then want to do something quite a bit more complicated but need to get over this hurdle first. Many thanks for any help.

 

<?php
$sidebar = 'index_files/sidebar-content2.html';
echo str_replace("Auks", "Penguins", include $sidebar);
?>

[salathe]

include() will evaluate the file as PHP (if there is no PHP in there, then it will just be outputted).  To retrieve the contents of the file, the file_get_contents function should be used.

[mac_gabe]

It works! Many thanks

 

Now I will try to work out a more complex search and replace, will return if I have any more problems. Great forum!