Question

Thsi does not seem to work:

$msg="Your changes have been saved successfully";

$view=include('application/view/admin/cms/_slides-current.php');

$return_array=array('success'=>true, 'msg'=>$msg, 'view'=>$view);

echo json_encode($return_array);

The array needs to be passed back to a jQuery ajax success callback. Anybody know how it should be done?

The include file is simply a HTML template. This HTML template will be inserted on to the page.

Is there any way other than using json_encode() to do what I am trying to do?

success: function(result){
    alert(result.msg);

    if(result.success == true)
    {
        $('#slides').html(result.view);
    }
}

Answer 1

include is a statement and not a function (disregard the function.include.php part). It will not return the parsed result to your $view variabe, although the file will be included just above your json_encode.

You should use ob_start to capture the evaluated result of the view in the manner described by mihneasime:

ob_start();
include 'application/view/admin/cms/_slides-current.php';
$view = ob_get_clean();
ob_end_flush();