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How can I capture the contents of an included file?

Last updated: 06/30/2009

Usually, when you include a file in Php , any output generated by that script is printed out directly. However, if you'd like to capture it, say for sending an email message, you can do it like so:

ob_start();
include("filename.php
");
$message = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

$message now contains the output from the included file. You can send it in an email, or whatever!

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