Bizzare phpinclude problem

Does anyone have any idea why when I add this:

ob_start();
include_once("./last10.php");
$last10 = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

To the phpincludes template, vb now automatically fills in the subject line on replies with titles from other threads? It's totally weird, and driving me and my users NUTS.

All I want to do is include the file last10.php in a template. Is there a better way to do it maybe?

This is with 2.2.6

Thank you!

Ixian

[Admin]

Probably because last10.php populates the $subject variable when it's called.

A not-very-nice-but-works workaround:

PHP Code:

function getLast10() {
    global $last10;
    ob_start(); 
    include_once('./last10.php');
    $last10 = ob_get_contents(); 
    ob_end_clean();
}
getLast10(); 

[ixian]

Chen once again proves he is the master.

It does work, and avoids the subject problem as well. Which leads me to ask, what's not nice about it?

Love that last10 hack of yours. I use it in two places - a new threads box at the top of my (non-php) homepage, where I renamed it to last5 and heavily edited it so it would only show very basic info and uses my CSS classes, and a separate instance I left intact as last10 that I am using in a template to provide an overal new post summary page with vb. I modified it a little, actually - added some more variables so I can make links for the forum name, etc different colors.

Thanks again!

[Admin]

Well it's nice... it could be done more elegantly but what I gave was a quick fix.

(And psst... that's not my hack! )