PHP 4.0 Bug #5435: Request to update eval() or create new function.

From: dahamsta@iewebs.com Operating system: PHP version: 4.0.0 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Request to update eval() or create new function. Currently, to eval() regular data retrieved from a database or include file, I need to escape from PHP and re-enter it. For example: Presume that I have retrieved data from a source, which is equivalent to a regular PHP file (including plain HTML). To operate eval() on that, and avoid parsing the HTML and thus causing PHP errors, I need to use a function like this: function my_eval($my_eval_str) { $eval_str = "?>"; $eval_str .= $my_eval_str; $eval_str .= "<?"; return eval($eval_str); } This would also make it impossible to access variables in the GLOBAL symbol table, unless I extract($GLOBALS) into the current sumbol table. My suggestion is to either add a second eval() function that will operate in this way; or add a second argument to eval(), such as: void eval (string code_str, string eval_type); Where 'code_str' is the same as the current eval() function, and 'eval_type' is one of two options - one for just PHP code, and one for a string that will contain data escaped from PHP. The default could be set to the current operation, and the second argument could be optional. Ta, adam