opening php code from a text file

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Like the majority of users who post to PHP forums, I too am learning to use PHP. I know how to use fopen and the like to read from a file. To make my life a bit easier I am storing the header of my page in a seperate file and then using fopen to call the file and set it to a variable which I then echo to the screen. My problem is that if the file that I am opening contains php code, it is not processed.

How do I get PHP to process the code in the file? Is it even possible using this setup, and if not what would you recommend? Thanks for the help ;-)

 

[sleipnir214]

look at the include() and require() directives. ______________________________________________________________________
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[KarveR]

And give the file a .php extension ______________________________________________________________________
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