how to include php file in the site template

hi,
i want to include a php file but it doesnt works.

i have a php file named sidebar.php inside assets/templates/mytemp001/ .
From modx manager ive created a snipped named mysidebar which has following codes:
<?php
include("assets/templates/mytemp001/sidebar.php")
?>

then in my site template i added following after <p>[*content*] </p>
[*mysidebar*]

Now when i open my site, the sidebar part is not appearing.

sidebar.php contains some links of external sites.

Snippets use [[...]] tags, or [!...!] if you don’t want the snippet output cached (for instance, forms can’t be cached since the page needs to run the snippet again on submission to process the form).

thanks very much

Quote from: sottwell at Jul 01, 2009, 09:49 AM

Snippets use [[...]] tags, or [!...!] if you don’t want the snippet output cached (for instance, forms can’t be cached since the page needs to run the snippet again on submission to process the form).

i tried changing from [*mysidebar*] to
[[mysidebar]]
and even [!bickysidebar!]
but it doesnt works, no errors nothing

may be something to do with the code: <?php
include("assets/templates/mytemp001/sidebar.php")
?>

include link file works directly by using www.mysite.com/assets/templates/mytemp001/sidebar.php

Your snippet already has <?php and ?> tags. You will also need to adjust your external code to return something, and then in your snippet return it. For example, put your code’s output into a variable, then end your snippet with return $variablename;

it worked now: i changed php include to this

<?php
include "assets/templates/bblog2/resources/sidebar.php";
?>

thanks sotwell