RE: [PHP] Eval()??? A variables contents?
| From: | Johnson, Kirk | Date: | Fri, 09 Nov 2001 20:23:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Eval()??? A variables contents? | ||
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http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php
Kirk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Raymond [mailto:christopher@oasisnetworks.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:11 PM
> To: PHP List
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Eval()??? A variables contents?
>
>
> on 11/9/01 2:01 PM, Kurt Lieber at php@kirpatrick.com wrote:
>
> > What you're doing doesn't make any sense. If it were to
> work, it would look
> > like the following:
> >
> > <?PHP <?PHP Query_Database( $category );?> ; ?>,
> >
> > or something similar. I think what you want to do is:
> > <?php
> > $content = query_database($category);
> > echo $content;
> > ?>
> >
> > that's using psuedo-code, of course. You'll want to
> substitute correct php
> > syntax for returning database results.
>
>
>
>
> Kurt:
>
> I understand where you are coming from, and I appreciate your answer.
> However, I'm trying to get PHP to parse commands that are stored in a
> variable because I'm passing those commands to a function. Inside the
> function, it needs to evaluate the commands stored in the variable.
>
> Does you solution solve that or does my description clarify my problem
> better?