execute a variable as a function??

[Anon]

I have a textfile (semi-colon seperated), and one column is a function.
Now, when I read this variable, I want to execute this variable/function.

I tried eval; it executes OK, but it doesn't return anything.

Suggestions are MOST welcome !!!

Thanx !

[Anon]

Let's assume you have parsed your delimited file so that $foo contains the field with the PHP code.

eval() expects the PHP code to be escaped from HTML, so ...

eval("<?php $foo ?>");

[Anon]

Thanks for your response.
I'll give it a try !

Found another solution, which is VERY simple.

$foo = "my_function";
$dummy = $foo;

That's it. And it works good !

If you want variables passed to this function then type something like this..

$foo = "my_function";
$foo .= "($my_var)";
$dummy = $foo;