PHP-Tags to be executed within a string?

[Anon]

Hi Folks, thanx for the help last time. I'm back with another question for you:

I have a complete file in a single-line string. Now this string also contains <? and ?> or other script-tags. Of course if I "print" or "echo" the string the php won't be interpreted. But that is exactely what I want. I want scripts like PHP to be executed when I print that string e.g. in a template.

Instead it shows something like this:

"

This is the content of my file <? echo "FILE"; ?> which I want to execute scripts.

"

Anyone know how to have them PHP-Tags be processed?

Thanx!
Dominik

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Use the eval() function.

$sString = "?>hello this is <? echo 'my'; ?> string<?";
eval($sString);

Note: the string in the eval() function has to be valid PHP code as found between the <? and ?> tags.

so this is valid:

<? echo "hello"; ?>

and this is not:

hello <? echo 'there';?> how are you

but this is:
?> this is not PHP code <? echo 'and this is'; ?> and this isnt <?

because the PHP is stopped by ?> and re-started by <?

Remember, this EXECUTES the code in the string, so if there is an "exit" command in the string, your entire script will stop, not just the the eval() function.