Does PHP Have an Equivalent of Java's RequestDispatcher.forward?

Question

In Java I can write a really basic JSP index.jsp like so:

<% request.getRequestDispatcher(\"/home.action\").forward(request, response); %>

Answer 1

I believe one of the closest analogous methods would be to use the virtual() function on while running php as an apache module.

virtual() is an Apache-specific function which is similar to in mod_include. It performs an Apache sub-request.