Setting variable to file contents

[Kyle W]

This is a bit odd, but I need something to do the following:

//something to do the following without echoing it yet
$var .= //contents of file.php;
 
// following doesn't work because it echoes it right away
$var .= include 'file.php';

I need $var to be updated without actually including file.php because that would echo the contents of file.php.

[SJH]

Give this a whirl:

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