title: how to turn the output of a require statement into a string in php
body: <p>im working with a large team, and im making functions that return html code, and im echoing the result of those functions to get the  final page. The thing is, i need some scrap of code developed by other member of the team, and i need it to be a string, but the code is available as a php file which im supposed to include or require inside my page.</p>
  
  <p>Since im not writing an ht;ml page, but a function that generate that code, i need to turn the resulting html of the require statement into a string to concatenate it to the code generated by my function.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to evaluate the require and concatenate its result to my strings?</p>
  
  <p>Ive tried the function eval(), but didnt work, and read some thing about get_the_content(), but it isnt working either. I dont know if i need to import something, i think it have something to do with wordpress, and im using raw php.</p>
  
  <p>thanks for all your help!!! =)</p>