Get parsed PHP file
<p>I'm trying to get the contents of a PHP file after it is parsed, and then store it in a variable.
I couldn't get any useful information via Google, except for this one example:</p>

<pre><code>ob_start();
include $file;
$content = ob_get_clean();
</code></pre>

<p>But this returns the contents as plain text, i.e.: The <code>&lt;?php</code> and <code>?&gt;</code> tags are still there, and all code between the tags isn't parsed.</p>

<p>So I wanted to know, how can I do this properly?</p>

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<p><strong>update:</strong>
This is content of the file which is being included:</p>

<pre><code>Testcontent

&lt;?php echo 'This should be parsed, right?'; ?&gt;
</code></pre>
