Include other PHP files in Blocks

[betadoor]

how can iclude other php files in forum block ?

PHP Code:

$my_output = 'include('http://example.com/file.php')';  
return $my_output; 


^^ not work

[kh99]

Well, you *could* try this (I removed one set of quotes):

$my_output = include('http://example.com/file.php');  
return $my_output;

but that may not do what you want. Is the php file on your server?

[cellarius]

you can't include a file into a variable like that, AFAIK. You probably could, if you would then use eval(), which won't work in the block either.

The OP either needs to rewrite the code in the input file to adapt it to the needs of the block environment OR he could try something like this:

PHP Code:

<?php
ob_start();
include($file);
$result = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
?>

[kh99]

Originally Posted by cellarius

you can't include a file into a variable like that, AFAIK.

You're right of course. I think you could if it were returning a string, but that's probably not the case.