calling php script within php with return value

If you want to capture the echoed values of an included script, you can use output buffering:

<?phpob_start();    // start output bufferinginclude("caller.php");$returned_value = ob_get_contents();    // get contents from the bufferob_end_clean();    // stop output buffering?>

As far as I know, you need a valid http (or other protocol) with a full URL to the script for curl to work e.g. http://localhost/caller.php

Or try jeroen's solution and get the output of the script.

In the script to be called, make sure "<?php" start from the first line, first character. And, remove the "?>" away.

<?php//this is 'to-be-called.php'include("config.php");echo "complete";

Now call it this way:

<?php//this is 'caller.php'//should it come with full url?$Url      = "http://localhost/path/to-be-called.php"; $Handle   = curl_init($Url);$Response = curl_exec($Handle);curl_close($Handle);echo $Response;

Or take Jeroen's answer, it's the best way for calling on the same server! If you need to pass in parameters in POST/GET, tell 'caller.php' to save these values in global variables, then tell 'to-be-called.php' to get from these global ones.