Re: [PHP4BETA] eval'ing a method

This was more a comment in general than anything, you're right though, he did try it! Sorry Mark(?)! ----- Original Message ----- From: Faisal Nasim <faisal@nasim.org> To: Mitch Vincent <mitch@venux.net>; Mark Constable <markc@renta.net>; <php4beta@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [PHP4BETA] eval'ing a method > | Just a comment, I don't know in theory if this will work, I really doubt > it > | will as-is.. I see some problems with scope and special characters that I > | won't get into.. > > If you looked at this for a moment, you would understand exactly > what he is asking for! And he gave the error showing that it wasn't > working and if there is a possible workaround to that (see other > message). > > | Still. People posting actual code here and asking if it works seems a bit > | silly to me. Try it! Then you'll KNOW if your code works! Someone once > told > > > He tried it! > > <cut> > > | > I this possible ? ($m is really coming from an SQL lookup) > | > > | > <?php > | > class blah { > | > var $somevar = 1; > | > > | > function somemethod() { > | > $m = "function somefunc() { $this->somevar = 2; }"; > | > eval($m); > | > $this->somefunc(); > | > echo "this->somevar=$this->somevar<br>\n"; > | > } > > > Enjoy! > > Faisal > >