If I understand what you're doing correctly, then it should work and I've done it many times. First thing you should do, though, is switch from short tags to proper tags, <?php echo $whatever; ?>. If you have short tags disabled, it will not parse <?= syntax. On Thursday 05 July 2007, blackwater dev wrote: > I have a template system that takes some data, scrubs it and then with a > load method includes the required template. I need to add a param so it > doesn't simply include but returns the contents of the template in a string > with all of the vars populated. I tried: > > ob_start(); > include my template > $template=ob_get_contents(); > ob_clean(); > return $template; > > But this returns the template it's it's raw for with all of tha > <?=$whatever?> tags. Can I fill these in and still pass as another var > without using eval()? > > What do other template systems to do return a template as a string on load? > > > Thanks! -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
