Re: New function request - Variable parsing a string

While this would definitely be handy, it seems (to me, and I am not by any means an expert on these things,) that it would make more sense to add this to a string-munging library instead of integrating it into the PHP language itself. Dan On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:22:14 -0700, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote: > He wants to store an UNinterpolated string somewhere (like a DB or text > file), then interpolate it at run-time. > > $sitename = 'php.net'; > $username = 'pollita'; > $string = $db->getOne('SELECT somestring FROM thetable WHERE > id=\'foo\''); > /* $string now contains something like: 'Welcome to {$sitename}. You are > logged in as {$username}' > * He wants $string to get interpolated into: 'Welcome to php.net. You are > logged in as pollita' > */ > > I've thought this would be a nice thing to have as well, but it's not > something that can be trivially ripped out of the compiler and I havn't > personally had the motivation to actually get it done. > > -Sara