Re: ereg_replace and eval()

Hi Darcy, You can try using preg_replace(), then you can use your familiar perl syntax. Monte "darcy w. christ" wrote: > > Hi, > > does anyone know a way to find and replace any words that begin with $ > and eval() them so that they are expanded? i'm reading in a file that > may have variables in it, which i need to evaluate and i'm having > trouble working with ereg_replace. i know how to do this in perl, but > i'm not sure how to do this with the POSIX ereg_replace. > > i've started with this, but i',m not sure how to include the eval: > > ereg_replace("(\$[^ ])","\\1",$buffer); > > Placing an eval around "\\1" does seem to work. i get an error of: > > Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 > in Eval > code on line 1 > > i appreciate any suggestions. > > -- > ~darcy w. christ > Elegant Communications Inc. > 416.362.9772 x222 | 416.362.8324 fax > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net> http://www.ispi.net/