How to load return array from a PHP file?

Returning values from an include file

We use this in our CMS. You are close, you just need to return the value from that function.

function fetchArray($in)
{
  if(is_file($in)) 
       return include $in;
  return false
}

See example 5# here

When an included file returns something, you may simply assign it to a variable

$myArray = include $in;

See http://php.net/manual/function.include.php#example-126