Question

File-1:

<?php
  <div>
    <p>
      something...
    </p>
   </div>
?>

File-2:

<?php
   $file1= What should I write to get output of File1?
?>

I need to get html output to the $file1 variable;
Please help.

Answer 1

I think this will work for you:

function read($file) {
  ob_start();
  include($file);
  $content = ob_get_contents();
  ob_end_clean();

  return $content;
}

Use it like this:

$file = 'path/to/your/file.php';
$content = read($file);

To pass variables you can modify function above like this:

  function read($file, $vars) {
    ob_start();
    extract($vars, EXTR_SKIP);
    include($file);
    $content = ob_get_contents();
    ob_end_clean();

    return $content;
  }

  $file = 'path/to/your/file.php';
  $vars = array(
    'var1' => 'value',
  );
  $content = read($file, $vars);

You can access variables in included file like this: print $var1;