Re: Having fits with input to array

> 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? For $psArray to be an array, shouldn't it be: eval("\$psArray[] = array(\$ps2);"); -- Lowell Allen