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

What is the need of using the eval() for this? Can't you just do it in plain PHP? You are reinventing the wheel, complicating your life, Shawn. --- 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 "Shawn McKenzie" <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote... : > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >