note 80893 added to function.eval

Use the 'e' pattern modifier to evaluate the replacement as PHP code during substitution in order to put variables in a message template <?php $template = ' This is a template with $foo tokens It also has {new} tokens '; echo "<pre>$template</pre>"; $foo = blue; $new = Smarty; $message = preg_replace('/\\$([\w]+)/e', '$\\1', $template); $message = preg_replace('/\{([^}]*)}/e', '$\\1', $message); echo $message; ?> This is a template with $foo tokens It also has {new} tokens This is a template with blue tokens It also has Smarty tokens ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 65.211.1.194 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/80893 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80893/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80893/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80893/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80893/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80893/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80893/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80893 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/80893 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php