Re: eval and HEREDOC

Hello Vincent and thank you for your reply :). That's true, I forgot to explain how I got to using HEREDOC, so .. Using eval(file_get_contents($file)) just outputs the result on the spot and I need to get the whole output (without echoing it) and do some more things with it. require_once() doesn't fit here (from what I can tell), because it would still just include the file in echo the output. I think there must be a solution, but I'm missing something here .. Thanks again! -- Sorin Buturugeanu http://www.soin.ro On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Daevid Vincent <daevid@daevid.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sorin Buturugeanu [mailto:mail@soin.ro] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 2:11 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] eval and HEREDOC > > > > Hello, > > > > I am having trouble with a part of my templating script. I'll > > try to explain: > > > > The template itself is HTML with PHP code inside it, like: > > > > <div><?=strtoupper($user['name']);?></div> > > > > And I have the following code as part of the templating engine: > > > > $template = file_get_contents($file); > > $template = "return <<<TEMPLATE\n".$template."\nTEMPLATE;\n"; > > $template = eval($template); > > > > The problem is that the eval() HEREDOC combination gives the > > following output: > > > > <?=strtoupper(Array['time']);?> > > > > If in the HTML file (template) I use > > > > <div><?=strtoupper({$user['name']});?></div> > > > > I get  <?=strtoupper(username);?> as an output. > > > > I have tried closing the php tag like this: > > > > $template = "return > > <<<TEMPLATE\n?>".$template."\nTEMPLATE;\n"; > > > > but the extra ?> only gets outputed as HTML. > > > > This is my first post to this mailing list, so I great you > > all and thank you for any kind of solution to my problem. > > Why are you using HEREDOC to begin with? I personally find them to be ugly > and more trouble than they're worth. > > You can write the same thing as this I think (untested): > > $template = eval(file_get_contents($file)); > > But you might also consider using "include_once" or "require_once" instead > of this "eval()" business. > > Also note, that a string can span more than one line and have variables in > it. It can even be used with code, so HEREDOC is again useless for most > situations: > > $foo = " > Hello $name,\n > \n > Today is ".date('Y-m-d')."\n > \n > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. > \n > Nulla eros purus, pharetra a blandit non, pellentesque et leo. In augue > metus, mattis a sollicitudin in, placerat vitae elit. > \n > Quisque elit mauris, varius sit amet cursus sed, eleifend a mauris. > "; >