"Execute" a variable?

[Anon]

I want to execute the contents of a variable.

EG:

<?

$exec="phpinfo();";

$exec;

?>

(doesn't work)

Is there a way to do this?

[Anon]

This is what you want

$exec = "phpinfo();";
eval($exec);

[Anon]

be careful. if you allow users to have access to tamper with such variables, in this case, $exec , then they can do some nasty stuff with your server.