Re: R: [PHP-DEV] python dictionary-like % (percent) substitution in php

True. you got a point here. i'll stop bitching :) On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 04:46:35PM +0200, wrote: > Yes, the function you have written below make the same thing but i think > that a function written in c, inside the php module, can be faster and more > elegant than this php-function. > > Again, i think that the final user will be happy to have an already written > function > instead of think and code a personalized function. > > I think it's more elegant because it follow the same approach of printf-like > functions > and a user who already known these functions or known python will not have > headaches > in finding a solution for his problem > > Also prinf, sprinf, etc... can be written as php functions and separated > from php core, but > it will not happen... why? too important and too useful, they requires speed > and their functionality > is required in many programs. > > The same thing happen in python with dictionary substitution, and now, > nobody think to remove > it. > > I think that this type of function could be useful for a lot of people... > > Let me know what do you (also zeev and others) think about > > --------------------- > Federico Marani > flagzenNO-SPAM@libero.it > ---------------------- > > Jo Giraerts <jo@life.be> wrote in message 20010828153504.A5406@life.be... > > This is already possible in php, though with the following simple > > function.. > > > > // function to read a file with php-vars in as a string > > // $predefined_vars: an array ("varname" => "value"). all the > > // variablenames defined in this array can be used in the bodyfile. > > // They will receive the respective values. This makes personalising > > // the mailes easier.. > > function file_as_body($filename, $predefined_vars) > > { > > $ar = file($filename); > > extract($predefined_vars); > > > > foreach ($ar as $number => $line) > > { > > eval("\$ar2[] = \"$line\";"); > > } > > > > return implode("",$ar2); > > } > > > > and for instance this file as template: > > > > <--- template file > > You received a file on (" . date("d/m/Y (H:i)") . ") > > > > filename: ".basename($file) ." > > filesize: ".filesize($file) ." > > mimetype: $mimetype > > > > Hope you enjoy it.. > > ---> > > > > You can even use php-code already, thanks to eval :) > > > > Maybe we better make it a PEAR-thing? > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > -- Jo Giraerts Computerprutser Life BVBA Interleuvenlaan 15A, 3001 LEUVEN, BELGIUM icq:81939849, email:jo@life.be, ph0ne:+32(0)16 20 89 61 pgp-key available at: http://www.keyserver.net. fingerprint: 81EE B1FD 88E2 A03A 4F49 6D8A 806E 2220 9C2F 918B I've got these opium queens that move around my space, I said it's waste not, want not, I think I'll take another, I'm holding all this pain that I'm trying to smother. <branvan3000 - Afrodisiac>