including php files in snippets?

If I want to include a php snippet inside another php snippet what would be the format?

I have [[functions]] - functions being the name of the snippet within another snippet, but it does not seem to be working.... I want it to work like a regular php include or require.

Thanks
Josh

A snippet is just plain php code that is passed through the eval() php function. So to include external php files, use an include, include_once, require, require_once function just as you would in any other php code. Keep in mind that a snippet behaves much like a php function, so any output needs to be returned. Echo and print statements do work, but can sometimes behave unexpectedly. Better to gather such output into a variable, then return the variable.

OR maybe use API?

http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/API:runSnippet

http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/API:evalSnippet

Ok thanks, I am just a little confused on how to implement API??

I am placing this in my php code:



but the script is saying undefined function?

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

If this is in a snippet, you use

The array of options and values match the parameters you would normally use in the snippet tags.