@Vincent: no, the short tags are not off.
@Jim: This seamns to work fine:
$template = file_get_contents(pathTemplates.$this->dir.$this->tpl);
ob_start();
$template = eval('?>'.$template);
$template = ob_get_clean();
Thanks!
Best wishes!
Sorin
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On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:45 AM, <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:04:12 +0300, Sorin Buturugeanu <mail@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello Vincent and thank you for your reply :).
>>
>> That's true, I forgot to explain how I got to using HEREDOC, so ..
>>
>> Using eval(file_get_contents($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.
>>> ";
>>>
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