Re: finding variables and expanding them

Hello Darcy, Check out: http://www.php.net/manual/function.preg-replace.php especially the part about the /e modifier. You might need something like (untested) $buffer = preg_replace("/^\$[^[:space:]]*/e","\$\\1",$buffer); HTH, Matt ---------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Leingang http://www.math.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University leingang@math.rutgers.edu Department of Mathematics "This signature needs no quote." On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, darcy w. christ wrote: > i have a case where i am reading a file which might have variables in it > (eg. $name). i don't necessarily know the name of the variables, i just > know that if there is one which begins with a $, i want to be able to > expand it. Now, is there a way to expand this and still keep the > contents of that file in a variable. i've been playing around with > ereg_replace, but i can't seem to use an eval or ${}. > > $buffer = > ereg_replace("\\$[^[:space:]]*","eval('\\1')",$buffer); > $buffer = ereg_replace("\\$[^[:space:]]*","${'\\1'}",$buffer); > > does anyone know of a way to do this? i appreciate the help. > > -- > ~darcy w. christ > Elegant Communications Inc. > 416.362.9772 x222 | 416.362.8324 fax > > --odlilbdfjnmkfhjflhcc > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline; filename="php-general_22200.ezm" >