how to get the result from a php file into a string

Question

example i have a file template.php with:

<table>
    <tr>
        <td><?php echo $data['nombre'] ?></td>
    </tr>
    <?php foreach($data['values] as $value): ?>
    <tr>
        <td><?php echo $value ?> </td>         
    </tr>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</table>

and i need the result into a string $result = get_content_process('template.php',$data); for use in other process.

echo $result;
<table>
    <tr>
        <td>Juan</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Male</td>         
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Brown</td>         
    </tr>
</table>

could be useful -- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2832010/what-is-output-buffering — ajreal, Sep 02 '11 at 19:09
Also related: [Modify an Existing PHP Function to Return a String](http://stackoverflow.com/q/8730847/367456) — hakre, Aug 04 '12 at 09:24

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '11 at 19:10

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<?php
ob_start();
include 'template.php';
$result = ob_get_clean()
?>

this should do, the $result is the string you need

answered Sep 02 '11 at 19:10

beerwin

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if you need to know, it's called output buffering, and it comes very handy when you have to generate and process data in the same script – beerwin Sep 02 '11 at 19:37

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '11 at 19:16

To make sure you don't flush early, turn implicit flush off. This function should do the trick:

function get_content_process($template, $data) {
   ob_implicit_flush(false);
   include($template);
   $contents = ob_get_contents();
   ob_clean();
   ob_implicit_flush(true);
   return $contents;
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 02 '11 at 19:11

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You can use ob_start() to do something like this

<?php
    ob_start( );
    $GLOBALS['data'] = ...;
    include("template.php");
    $result = ob_get_clean();
    echo $result;
?>

answered Sep 02 '11 at 19:11

Amir Raminfar

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 02 '12 at 22:07

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simple and fast solution:

$result = file_get_contents($view); // $view == the address of the file(ie 'some_folder/some_file.php')

edited Aug 02 '12 at 22:07

answered Sep 04 '11 at 13:43

Pawan Choudhary

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how to get the result from a php file into a string

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