Re: Storing script in database??

I'm pretty sure you can use eval() on a string, but tread with caution, and try to look around for security concerns. I certainly wouldn't eval() anything supplied by a user... no way. Justin French on 01/08/02 7:53 PM, David Pratt (dave.pratt@webcoursesnow.com) wrote: > I am creating an application where it would be useful to write and store > script in a field in a MySQL database and create a loop to process the array > of the code contained in the field. Conceptually, I think it sounds > reasonable but I am uncertain of what kind of process I could use to have > the code in the field variable read properly within the loop. Somewhat > analogous to an include in HTML. > The file would be read as though a single script file though the included > material has come from a text field. > > This would be really useful for me since the code could be modified in the > database outside a smaller application without changing the files. Any > ideas here on how I might do this from anyone that has attempted anything > similar? I have set everything up but just can't figure out how to bring > the script text in the field into the file properly. Help much appreciated. > -- > > Dave Pratt > dave.pratt@webcoursesnow.com >