Hack Repair: I'm using file_get_contents poorly.

[robindean]

Hi all.

I have to get the results of a particular php script into a string. As far as I can tell, the php script won't present readable data without the use of print_r (perhaps you can tell me of a different way so that I can use it in conjunction with a strstr check).

As a bandaid, I'm currently forced to call file_get_contents('http://thelocation.com/thescript.php') on the very same server as my project. Locally, it only returns the php data included in the file.

ob_start() is already running, so I can't make use of ob_start() - grab the ob value - ob_clean() or whatever.

I could use some direction here.

Anyone?

[aj_nsc]

print_r() takes an optional second parameter you know.....if that helps.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.print-r.php

[robindean]

Excellent. Thank you!