parse_string() or similar functionality?

How easy would it be to add something like this: $string = 'The date is <? echo date("d-M-Y"); ?> today!'; echo $string; $new = parse_string($string); echo $new; The output would be: The date is <? echo date("d-M-Y"); ?> today! The date is 06-06-2000 today! Basically, can you run the PHP parser on a string that contains PHP code? This would sort of be like include(), except that it takes a string instead of a file, and it stores the output in a string, instead of echo-ing it. All attempts with eval() and preg_replace('/.../e') have proved futile. :) __________________________________________________________________ Colin Viebrock easyDNS Technologies Co-Founder control your domain http://www.easyDNS.com