How to insert php include inside heredoc variable?

Question

I need to have include page inside the php heredoc variable but it doesn't work please help me.

$content = <<<EOF
include 'links.php';
EOF;

Answer 1

You can do this way:

ob_start();
include 'links.php';
$include = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

$content = <<<EOF
{$include}
EOF;