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Extra content inserted in base revo install

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    pgstory Reply #1, 16 years, 1 month ago
    Ok so I am trying something pretty simple. I want to use external templates.

    I have created a super simple snippet that goes like this:
    $a = include ’assets/templates/test.html’
    return $a;

    I keep getting the random number 1 inserted. If I echo the include instead like this
    echo include ’assets/templates/test.html’
    then there is no number 1 inserted.

    Just to be sure I wiped out my install, re-installed a vanilla install and did nothing other than create this one snippet and call it in the base template created on install. I also recreated my html file to include nothing other than a h1 tag with some test text.

    What is going on here? Banging my head against the wall!

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      splittingred Reply #2, 16 years, 1 month ago
      You shouldn’t use include. Use file_get_contents. Create a snippet named ’getTpl’ or such:

      $output = '';
if (file_exists($file)) {
   $output = file_get_contents($file);
} else {
   $modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,'Template not found at: '.$file);
}
return $output;


      Then call it:

      [[!getTpl? &file=`[[++assets_path]]templates/test.html`]]

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        pgstory Reply #3, 16 years, 1 month ago
        Ah ok thank you! I was following the example in the snippet documentation here http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/Snippets.

        Thanks again for leading me in the right direction.
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          sottwell Reply #4, 16 years, 1 month ago
          Consider what include is actually returning into your variable. Include is not a function, it is a directive. It includes the specified file, and returns 1 for success or 0 for failure.

          So you would do this
          include 'file.php';
return;
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            pgstory Reply #5, 16 years, 1 month ago
            Thank you for that extra bit of info. Now I understand where that 1 was coming from wink