Is there any way I can pull a variable from another file without completely parsing/running/outputting the contents of that file?

Por ejemplo:

I have a file called variable_puller.php and a file called variable_holder.php. variable _puller needs to output the contents of $myVar, but NOTHING else. variable _holder.php contains the following:

<?
$myVar = "This is the variable content.";
?>





This text should NOT be displayed.






How do I get $myVar into variable_puller.php without displaying "This text should NOT be displayed." in the process????

 

is there a way to include or require while suppressing output???

 

use output buffering.

ob_start();
$foo = 'geepers';
?>
blah blah blah foobar baz zort fnord
<?
$cont = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

echo $foo;
?><?
echo $cont;

 

or put it all in a string instead.

$foo = 'geepers';
$cont = 'blah blah blah foobar gaz zort fnord';

 

Thank you, sir!!!

I had another way of doing it thanks to cjb80, but this way I can have it evaluate any expressions, etc and not output to the user until I'm ready.