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bear
bear

Reputation: 11615

Return from include file

in PHP, how would one return from an included script back to the script where it had been included from?

IE:

1 - main script 2 - application 3 - included

Basically, I want to get back from 3 to 2, return() doesn't work.

Code in 2 - application

$page = "User Manager";
if($permission["13"] !=='1'){
    include("/home/radonsys/public_html/global/error/permerror.php");
    return();
}

Upvotes: 76

Views: 75575

Answers (5)

Gravy
Gravy

Reputation: 12445

I know that this has already been answered, but I think I have a nice solution...

main.php

function test()
{
    $data = 'test';
    ob_start();
        include dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/included.php';
    return ob_get_clean();
}

included.php

<h1>Test Content</h1>
<p>This is the data: <?php echo $data; ?></p>

I just included $data to show that you can still pass data to the included file, as well as return the included file.

Upvotes: 26

Frank Farmer
Frank Farmer

Reputation: 39356

includeme.php:

<?php
return 5;

main.php:

<?php
// ...
$myX = require 'includeme.php';
// ...

also gives the same result

This is one of those little-known features of PHP, but it can be kind of nice for setting up really simple config files.

See the PHP manual, especially Example #5 include and the return statement and its description.

Upvotes: 160

Brian
Brian

Reputation: 15706

See Example #5 in the documentation for include.

You can get the return value of the script when including it, like:

$foo = include 'script.php';

Upvotes: 5

instanceof me
instanceof me

Reputation: 39138

return should work, as stated in the documentation.

If the current script file was include()ed or require()ed, then control is passed back to the calling file. Furthermore, if the current script file was include()ed, then the value given to return() will be returned as the value of the include() call.

Upvotes: 27

Eevee
Eevee

Reputation: 48546

Hm, the PHP manual disagrees with you. return should bail you out of an included file. It won't work from within a function, of course.

Upvotes: 5

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