Re: Re: Execute statements from a string???

One last thing... The way I currently evaluate the commands is with a switch, example: switch ($command[$i]); { case "[query-results]": if($something) { some_func(); } break; case "[some-command]": some_other_func(); break; } But to make it simpler I would like to define a command, $command[] and the actual instructions for the command, $dowhat[]. $command[1] = "[query-results]"; $dowhat[1] = "if($something) { some_func(); }"; And then when I find $command[1] eval() the $dowhat[1] string. Making sense??? Thanks! -Shawn "Shawn McKenzie" <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote in message news:20021022155541.83895.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Abridged version of my story :-) > > To keep web designers out of the coding business I wrote a little script > similar to a template engine but far simpler. > > How it works: > > -I read an HTML file into a string > -I parse the string and echo until I reach a HTML comment <!- > -I then search the comment for a defined "command" such as [query-results] > -I then execute some PHP depending on the command > -Continue parsing... > > This works great, but... What if someone wants to include actual PHP code in > the HTML file??? > > Hence my question. > > Thanks! > Shawn > > > "Maxim Maletsky" <maxim@php.net> wrote in message > news:20021022165924.4E01.MAXIM@php.net... > > > > "Shawn McKenzie" <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote... : > > > > > Thanks for the answers! > > > > > > Next question. How can I structure the string and how do I echo the HTML > and > > > the variable contents? I want the following output to the browser: > > > <td>Hello...</td> > > > > > > $somevar = "Hello..."; > > > > > > $string = "<td><?php echo $somevar ?></td>\n"; > > > or > > > $string = "<td>$somevar</td>\n"; > > > > > > eval() ??? > > > > > > let's say: you get *any* PHP code and stick it within eval('code') so, > > then it gets executed. But, why on the earth do you need it? > > > > Tell us your story, from begining to the end :) > > > > > > --- > > Maxim Maletsky > > maxim@php.net > > > > > > www.PHPBeginner.com // PHP for Beginners > > www.maxim.cx // my Home > > > > // my Wish List: ( Get me something! ) > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/registry/2IXE7SMI5EDI3 > > > >