Can you explain a more clearly what it is you're trying to accomplish? It sounds like you have a string "$x < $y" in the database that you then replace into a string "4 < 5" which you want to test a conditional on. If this is the case, why are you storing conditionals in the database? Regards, –Josh ____________________________________ Joshua Kehn | @joshkehn http://joshuakehn.com On Feb 16, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Marc Guay wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've constructed simple conditions based on DB data and would like to > actually evaluate them with PHP. For example, the coded string "$x < > $y" has been str_replaced into "4 < 5", but now I would actually like > to use that string in an if() statement. I tried eval() but got an > unhelpful error, any thoughts would be welcome. > > Marc > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >