Having fits with input to array

I am sending this again as it seems like it didn't go the first time. I have a series of commands like so (with different programs on each line): display_pgm("bash"); Here is the bare bones of the function 'display_pgm': function display_pgm ($pgm) { $cmd = " -C $pgm --no-headers -o pid,fname,state,vsz,start_time,flag,user,cputime,args --cols 200"; $ps = ps $cmd; $ps2 = ereg_replace("\n", ",", $ps); eval("\$psArray = array(\$ps2);"); print_r($psArray); } If I can't get this part to work the rest of the function is a no-go. When I do this I get only one element in my array instead of the 3-4 I should be getting. I'm using bash for testing since I know that will always give a return. I've also tried: eval("\$psArray = array(\"$ps2\");"); and eval("\$psArray = array($ps2);"); - This one gives me a parse error (Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ')' in /var/www/html/ps.php(25) : eval()'d code on line 1) When I have used the same eval in another page I get each part separated by the comma as a separate element in the array. What in the world am I doing wrong? susan