How do I load a PHP file into a variable

Question

I need to load a PHP file into a variable  Like include     I have loaded a simple HTML file like this    Vdata   file get contents  textfile txt      But now I need to load a PHP file

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If you want to load the file without running it through the webserver, the following should work.

$string = eval(file_get_contents("file.php"));

This will load then evaluate the file contents. The PHP file will need to be fully formed with <?php and ?> tags for eval to evaluate it.

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If your file has a return statement like this    lt  php return array     AF    gt   Afeganist  o      ZA    gt     frica do Sul            ZW    gt   Zimbabu         You can get this to a variable like this    data   include  filePath

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Alternatively  you can start output buffering  do an include require  and then stop buffering  With ob get contents    you can just get the stuff that was outputted by that other PHP file into a variable

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ob start    include  yourfile php    myvar   ob get clean      ob get clean

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Theoretically you could just use fopen  then use stream get contents    stream   fopen  file php   r     string   stream get contents  stream   fclose  stream     That should read the entire file into  string for you  and should not evaluate it  Though I m surprised that file get contents didn t work when you specified the local path

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If you are using http     as eyze suggested  you will only be able to read the ouput of the PHP script  You can only read the PHP script itself if it is on the same server as your running script  You could then use something like   Vdata   file get contents   path to your file php

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file get contents   will not work if your server has allow url fopen turned off  Most shared web hosts have it turned off by default due to security risks  Also  in PHP6  the allow url fopen option will no longer exist and all functions will act as if it is permenantly set to off  So this is a very bad method to use   Your best option to use if you are accessing the file through http is cURL

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I suppose you want to get the content generated by PHP  if so use    Vdata   file get contents  http   YOUR HOST YOUR FILE php      Otherwise if you want to get the source code of the PHP file  it s the same as a  txt file    Vdata   file get contents  path to YOUR FILE php

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