Reading a text file - need help

In php am reading a file with the following text:


<p>test</p>
[FONT=Arial Black]<?php include(“include/newlyaddeditems.php”);?>[/FONT]
<table width=“100%”><tr><td height=“77” align=“center”><p>
<a href=“new.php”><b>View All of our new items</b></a></p>
</td></tr></table>


using the php code below:


<?php
// file example 1: read a text file into a string with fgets
//
$filename= ‘hpl.txt’ ;
$output="";
$file = fopen($filename, “r”);
while(!feof($file)) {
//read file line by line into variable
$output = $output . fgets($file, 4096);
}
fclose ($file);
echo $output;


the echo $output gives me all the text except for the php include line.
Why? and can someone please help!:alien:
Thanks J