On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:04:12 +0300, Sorin Buturugeanu <mail@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Vincent and thank you for your reply :). > > That's true, I forgot to explain how I got to using HEREDOC, so .. > > Using eval(file_get_contents($file)) just outputs the result on the > spot and I need > to get the whole output (without echoing it) and do some more things with > it. > > require_once() doesn't fit here (from what I can tell), because it > would still just > include the file in echo the output. > > I think there must be a solution, but I'm missing something here .. Check out the ob_* functions You could do this ob_start(); include "/your/file.php"; $output = ob_get_clean(); echo $output; Jim > > Thanks again! > > -- > Sorin Buturugeanu > http://www.soin.ro > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Daevid Vincent <daevid@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Sorin Buturugeanu [mailto:mail@xxxxxxx] >> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 2:11 PM >> > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > Subject: eval and HEREDOC >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > I am having trouble with a part of my templating script. I'll >> > try to explain: >> > >> > The template itself is HTML with PHP code inside it, like: >> > >> > <div><?=strtoupper($user['name']);?></div> >> > >> > And I have the following code as part of the templating engine: >> > >> > $template = file_get_contents($file); >> > $template = "return <<<TEMPLATE\n".$template."\nTEMPLATE;\n"; >> > $template = eval($template); >> > >> > The problem is that the eval() HEREDOC combination gives the >> > following output: >> > >> > <?=strtoupper(Array['time']);?> >> > >> > If in the HTML file (template) I use >> > >> > <div><?=strtoupper({$user['name']});?></div> >> > >> > I get <?=strtoupper(username);?> as an output. >> > >> > I have tried closing the php tag like this: >> > >> > $template = "return <<<TEMPLATE\n?>".$template."\nTEMPLATE;\n"; >> > >> > but the extra ?> only gets outputed as HTML. >> > >> > This is my first post to this mailing list, so I great you >> > all and thank you for any kind of solution to my problem. >> >> Why are you using HEREDOC to begin with? I personally find them to be > ugly >> and more trouble than they're worth. >> >> You can write the same thing as this I think (untested): >> >> $template = eval(file_get_contents($file)); >> >> But you might also consider using "include_once" or "require_once" > instead >> of this "eval()" business. >> >> Also note, that a string can span more than one line and have variables > in >> it. It can even be used with code, so HEREDOC is again useless for most >> situations: >> >> $foo = " >> Hello $name,\n >> \n >> Today is ".date('Y-m-d')."\n >> \n >> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. >> \n >> Nulla eros purus, pharetra a blandit non, pellentesque et leo. In augue >> metus, mattis a sollicitudin in, placerat vitae elit. >> \n >> Quisque elit mauris, varius sit amet cursus sed, eleifend a mauris. >> "; >> > > -- > 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
