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Load require file and do not show the lines displayed(echo) in file

I have a PHP file that echo (displays) a array. I cannot clone this file. Now I want to use this array in another script, so I require_once it. Though now it also echo (displays) the array which i don't want.

Is there a way to load in the array but not echo the data?

Solution

  • You can use ob_start() and ob_end_clean() to block whole output of 'required' script. In example code below first.php 'requires' second.php, and in second.php is declared and printed an array $array.

    Since all output of second.php is being captured into memory buffer, after executing first.php $array will be printed only once in the output.

    first.php 

    <?php
ob_start();
require_once 'second.php';
ob_end_clean();
print_r($array);
?>


    second.php 

    <?php
$array = array( 'a', 'b', 'c');
print_r($array);
?>