Re: Re: Storing Variable & Function Info

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:23:54 +1200 David Robley David Robley <robleyd@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > In article <20020723130946.566042c8.raquel@thericehouse.net>, > raquel@thericehouse.net says... > > I've run out of ideas. I want to store a variable name and a > > function call in a text column of a MySQL database and have them > > interpreted at runtime, but I can't figure out how to do it. > > > > Examples: > > "This is the $nbrtimes you've asked." > > and > > "$answer is the square root of sqrt($nbr)." > > > > I've tried to figure out "eval()" but don't seem to be able to > make > > it work either. Any ideas? > > > > > Perhaps if you can show what you have tried and the problem you > have had, > someone may be able to help you further. > > -- > David Robley I'm sorry to hear that you don't know how to store a variable name in a database and then evaluate that same variable name as a variable after it's retrieved from the database. Maybe someone else will have an idea? -- Raquel ============================================================ As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly. --Lew Wallace