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As opposed to using an include, which executes the included php in the file...is it possible to save the contents of a php file to a variable - but with the php still intact and executable?
My goal looks something like:
$template = some_imaginary_include_function('myfile.php');
foreach($list_of_blogs as $blog) {
// somehow get blog content in template and render template;
}
I know thats a dumb example...but I hope it illustrates the general idea. If I have to loop through the template 50 times on a page (say it is a list of blogs), it seems dumb to actually run and include for each.
Am I wrong? Is there a way to do this?
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The file_get_contents() reads a file into a string. This function is the preferred way to read the contents of a file into a string. It will use memory mapping techniques, if this is supported by the server, to enhance performance.
This function is similar to file(), except that file_get_contents() returns the file in a string, starting at the specified offset up to length bytes. On failure, file_get_contents() will return false . file_get_contents() is the preferred way to read the contents of a file into a string.
They both read an entire file, but file reads the file into an array, while file_get_contents reads it into a string.
Curl is a much faster alternative to file_get_contents.
How about this...
function getTemplate($file) {
ob_start(); // start output buffer
include $file;
$template = ob_get_contents(); // get contents of buffer
ob_end_clean();
return $template;
}
Basically, this will get whatever $file is, and parse it with PHP, then return the output into a variable.
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By using $content = file_get_contents('/path/to/your/file.php'); all the PHP tags will be preserved, you can then eval() or tokenize them to do whatever you want.
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