Answered MODX' equivalent of require_once for external PHP Pages

Hi there!

I'm using Revo 2.3.3.

SITUATION
I have a folder on the root (/catalog/) that has some PHP files. These PHP files have some HTML in them; for instance:

search.php:


I also have a snippet that requires search.php:
modx snippet:


THE ISSUE
When loading the page that calls the snippet, it renders the HTML first from the search.php file. Only once is the HTML rendered that it will run the PHP part of search.php. Basically, it's acting as if you had echo "Well howdy there!" in a snippet. Is there any way to avoid that without modifying search.php?

FAILED ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE
I tried creating a static resource linked to the search.php page, however the same thing happened.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Jean-Marc

I don't really understand what you're trying to do, but generally "included" files shouldn't echo or print anything. They can include classes, set variables, and/or return values to the code that includes them, but producing output should be moved to a higher level. I hope that makes sense.

Yes what Bob said. Try to avoid echos and html in your snippets. Return values from your snippet and put the html in a chunk.
https://rtfm.modx.com/revolution/2.x/developing-in-modx/basic-development/snippets/how-to-write-a-good-snippet

It sounds like you will need to modify your search.php file.

That's what I figured. Thank you for your input!