How do I include php within php?

Question

I want to include:

<?php the_field('200_200_1', 'option'); ?>

before the opening div tag in the line below...

$output .= '<div class="datebarcolor">'.$dates4.'</div>';

I am not sure how to insert the php tag in these circumstances. This is a php file, btw.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Try include 'your_file_path.php'; at the point you need it. But I do not advice it in your case. Try learning about templating - have a google on it. — Markus Hofmann
– Markus Hofmann, Commented Jan 13, 2014 at 22:05
Why do you need to insert a PHP tag when PHP interpreter is running? — Ed Heal
– Ed Heal, Commented Jan 13, 2014 at 22:06
@EdHeal I think separation of concerns ?! Looks like it... — Markus Hofmann
– Markus Hofmann, Commented Jan 13, 2014 at 22:06
@MarkusHofmannn - I was assuming that the PHP tag was <?php? Am I wrong? — Ed Heal
– Ed Heal, Commented Jan 13, 2014 at 22:07

Cyclonecode · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-19 07:24:13Z

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If you're using ACF in wordpress you can use get_field() over the_field() in order to store the output in your $output variable:

$output .= get_field('200_200_1', 'option');
$output .= '<div class="databarcolor">' . $date4 . '</div>';

edited Oct 19, 2019 at 7:24

answered Jan 13, 2014 at 22:11

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Jochem Kuijpers Over a year ago

If this is the case, then this is a better way than doing it via output buffering. Edit: Apparently it is ;)

J82 Over a year ago

@Krister Sorry, one question. How would I add opening and closing div tags to get_field();?

Cyclonecode Over a year ago

@Desi - Something like $output .= '<div>'.get_field('200_200_1', 'option').'</div>'; perhaps?

Steven Don · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-13 22:08:17Z

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If you want to include the output of some other PHP code (for instance, if the_field does some echo calls) and you want to add that to the $output variable, use ob_start and ob_get_clean, like so:

ob_start();
the_field('200_200_1', 'option');
$output .= ob_get_clean(); //This appends everything to $output that was echoed since the call to ob_start
$output .= '<div class="datebarcolor">'.$dates4.'</div>';

answered Jan 13, 2014 at 22:08

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Jochem Kuijpers · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-13 22:11:23Z

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I think you either mean:

Include the file before executing this code:

include 'yourfile.php';

// ... some code ...
$output .= '<div class="datebarcolor">'.$dates4.'</div>';

or include the file and add it's output to $output:

// start output buffer
ob_start();
include 'yourfile.php';

// get buffer contents and clean the buffer
$output .= ob_get_clean();

$output .= '<div class="datebarcolor">'.$dates4.'</div>';

answered Jan 13, 2014 at 22:11

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