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. Suggestions... > 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> > >> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > >> > >> > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php