Re: using eval

why would you want you quote the variable? eval ("\$str = $str;"); should work. at least no more parse error. phil. rdkurth@starband.net wrote:

I keep getting this error when I use eval what am I missing Parse error: parse error in c:\httpd\doc\install.php(6) : eval()'d code on line 1 $path="/home/sites/home"; $fp3=fopen ("location.inc","w")or die("unable to open file (location.inc)"); $str='include("$path/inc/dataconf.inc");'; eval ("\$str = \"$str\";"); fwrite($fp3,"$str \n");