How to get the value from include statement in a variable?

Suppose I write a line

include Yii::app()->basepath.'/views/email/email_friend.php';

now how can i take the response of this line into a variable?

like

$abc = include Yii::app()->basepath.'/views/email/email_friend.php';

Answer

Have a look at the PHP docs for include http://php.net/manual/en/function.include.php

Example #5 is I think what you’re looking for

return.php
<?php

$var = 'PHP';

return $var;

?>

noreturn.php
<?php

$var = 'PHP';

?>

testreturns.php
<?php

$foo = include 'return.php';

echo $foo; // prints 'PHP'

$bar = include 'noreturn.php';

echo $bar; // prints 1

?>