including a PHP file in an HTML doc and accessing it's variables, functions, ect.

[htmlnoobie3344]

Hey, i've been trying to learn PHP lately and i want to try putting a script in it's own PHP file with out HTML tags, but then how do i include it in the HTML? i found something like:

<!--#include file="PHP scripts/trial.php" -->

but i don't know how to access the variables, i even read the PHP tutorials on w3 and still not getting it, maybe someone could explain it to me better? my friend ever tried but i'm just not getting it :-p

[Synook]

You use the include statement (your snippet is SSI syntax):

<?phpinclude("file-to-be-included.php");?>

Then it is as if you've copied and pasted the included file into the main document.