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How to use include within a function?

i have two file

inc.php file

<?php
$var1 = "foo";
$var1 .= "bar";
?>

test.php File

<?php
function getcontent($file) {
 include ($file);
}

getcontent('inc.php');
echo $var1;
?>

When i run test.php it give me error in output

Notice: Undefined variable: var1 in \www\test.php on line 7 

But when i change my test.php file to this

<?php
include ('inc.php');
echo $var1;
?>

its works, and give me output fine

foobar

Answer 1

When you do it by this

function getcontent($file) {
    include ($file);
}
getcontent('inc.php');

it includes as

function getcontent($file) {
    $var1 = "foo";
    $var1 .= "bar";
}

actually your variables are being included inside the function and not visible outside of the function so the error message occurs.

See this SO answer.