[web] Including php files?
Hi, I have arrived at a wall:
I have PHP that strings multiple files together into a $text variable. Within that $text variable I want to include more PHP files. How can I do that?
It looks like this (pseudo code):
header.php:
$text = "start";
index.php
include(header.php)
$text .= "middle [want to include a php file here]";
include(footer.php)
footer.php
$text .= "end";
echo $text
thanks.
So, do you want to execute a file and have its results put into your $text variable, or do you want to have the contents of the file put into your variable without alteration?
If the former, look into the buffering features of PHP (ob_start(), etc.) -- you should be able to start buffering, execute the file via include(), then nab the contents of the buffer as a string; if the latter, try fopen()ing the file and just reading from it explicitly.
PHP manual on output control:
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php
If the former, look into the buffering features of PHP (ob_start(), etc.) -- you should be able to start buffering, execute the file via include(), then nab the contents of the buffer as a string; if the latter, try fopen()ing the file and just reading from it explicitly.
PHP manual on output control:
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php
I have another question : I have a datetime in my database (mysql) and was wondering how to correctly enter a datetime into that via php. I just need to know the function as I already know how to connect to the database and add stuff to it. Just don't know how to get the time in php that will work with datetime in mysql...Thanks!
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