I have a template system that takes some data, scrubs it and then with a
load method includes the required template. I need to add a param so it
doesn't simply include but returns the contents of the template in a string
with all of the vars populated. I tried:

ob_start();
include my template
$template=ob_get_contents();
ob_clean();
return $template;

But this returns the template it's it's raw for with all of tha
<?=$whatever?> tags. Can I fill these in and still pass as another var
without using eval()?

What do other template systems to do return a template as a string on load?


Thanks!