External Files, need some help.

[Otikeu]

Hello,

I've used the guide for including external php files and it does work. There is only one issue that doesn't seem to work...

I've got $sitemenu to include a .html file. $sitemenu is defined within the php file that I added into a plugin (using that guide). Normally, I just used php code on my website, but of course it is different with vB. Since I can't do include php codes in the templates, I've tried something like:

PHP Code:

$sitemenu = include('/path/to/file.html'); 


However, it just gives a "1" where the variable is and outputs the raw data of the .html file to the top.

The plugin is hooked to global_start and the variable is being used the header. Is there a better way to have this work?