#27896 [Opn->Bgs]: eval

ID: 27896 Updated by: pollita@php.net Reported By: jesse at erieonline dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: WinXP / FreeBSD PHP Version: 4.3.5 New Comment: Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Thank you for your interest in PHP. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-07 00:06:25] jesse at erieonline dot com Description: ------------ I have a variable called $config['sold_email_winner_message'], which has an emal message template stored in the variable. Within this email message, i have information like: Dear $winner_info[first_name] $winner_info[last_name], Congrates... I use eval to evaluate the string. One thing I noticed is that the following doesn't work $winner_info['first_name'] $winner_info['last_name'], but $winner_info[first_name] $winner_info[last_name] does work. One would think that these should be interchangeable. Reproduce code: --------------- $winner_info = array ('first_name' => "First", 'last_name' => "Last"); This doesn't work: $config['sold_email_winner_message'] = "Dear $winner_info['first_name'] $winner_info['last_name']"; eval ("\$config[sold_email_winner_message] = \"$config[sold_email_winner_message]\";"); This does work: $config['sold_email_winner_message'] = "Dear $winner_info[first_name] $winner_info[last_name]"; eval ("\$config[sold_email_winner_message] = \"$config[sold_email_winner_message]\";"); Expected result: ---------------- This will print the following: Dear First Last Actual result: -------------- This will print the following: Dear $winner_info['first_name'] $winner_info['last_name'] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27896&edit=1