Re: Writing PHP files from inside a PHP file

yea, evals() exactly what i needed, tanx "J Smith" <dark_panda@hushmail.com> wrote in message news:20020207002753.23384.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > include() and require() were suggested, but you may also want to look into > eval(), which parses a string as PHP code and returns the parsed PHP. > Sounds like what you're looking for. (I.e. storing PHP code in a database, > right?) > > J > > > > Georgie Casey wrote: > > > I want to extract information from a database table and create a > > half-static, half-dynamic PHP page from the info. I want to store the > > template for the new page in an external file with tags in the places > > where I want variables to be printed. What;s the best of achieving this?? > > > > I tried "fread" but that just printed "<? echo $variable; ?>" to > > the > > static page instead of replacing it with the value. > > > > Any suggestions? > > -- > > Regards, > > Georgie Casey > > webmaster@filmfind.tv > > > > *************************** > > http://www.filmfind.tv > > Ireland's Online Film Production Directory > > *************************** >