Re: How to assign eval() to variable?

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2009/5/23 Afan Pasalic <afan@xxxxxxxx>:
> short hack works like a charm!
> :-)

It may work but output buffers are relatively expensive. The eval
function will return the value the eval'd code returns, so just stick
a return statement at the end of the string you're eval'ing.

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> oorza2k5@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> short hack, assuming your eval echo's out to the browser (which I can't
>> see how else you'd expect something to 'return' from an eval'd statement
>> ob_start();
>> eval($foo);
>> $result = ob_get_clean();
>>
>> On May 23, 2009 1:46am, Afan Pasalic <afan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > hi,
>> >
>> > I have on one website boxes with information, pulled from mysql. the
>> > content can be string, php code, url of other website or url to specific
>> > file etc.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > currently, I have something like this:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > // connect to db
>> >
>> > // mysql_query() to get box content and content_type
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > switch($content_type)
>> >
>> > {
>> >
>> >  case 'string':
>> >
>> >     echo $content;
>> >
>> >     break;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  case 'php_code':
>> >
>> >     eval($content);
>> >
>> >     break;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  case 'website':
>> >
>> >     echo ''.$content.';
>> >
>> >     break;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  case 'file'
>> >
>> >     require_once($file);
>> >
>> >     echo $file_content;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  // etc.
>> >
>> > }
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > but, now I have to change the code to assign content to variable and the
>> > variable will be printed later. I tried something like this:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > switch($content_type)
>> >
>> > {
>> >
>> >  case 'string':
>> >
>> >     $record = $content;
>> >
>> >     break;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  case 'php_code':
>> >
>> >     $record = eval($content);
>> >
>> >     break;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  case 'website':
>> >
>> >     $record = ''.$content.';
>> >
>> >     break;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  case 'file'
>> >
>> >     require_once($file);
>> >
>> >     $record = $file_content;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  // etc.
>> >
>> > }
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > and it works - except eval() part. cant do $record = eval($content);
>> > ?!?!?!?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > thanks
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > afan
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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