Please tell me it is TRUE

[lucianoes]

Dear friends, I have this question about 'in_array()' returning "TRUE":

Suppose I have this piece of code:

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<?php
$suspects = Array(Alfred, Bob, Charles, Davis, Edward, Frank);

function Bolo () {
global $suspect;
global $cond1, $cond2, $cond3, $val1, $val2, $val3, $output1, $output2, $output3, $output4;
if ($cond1 == $val1) {$output1;}
elseif ($cond2 == $val2) {$output2;}
elseif ($cond3 == $val3) {$output3;}
else $output4;
} // end function Bolo;

==== LETS GO ! ====

$cond1=$suspect;
$val1='Alfred';
$output1='print "Suspect Alfred spotted";';
$cond2=$suspect;
$val2='Bob';
$output2='print "Suspect Bob spotted";';
$output4='print "That is not a suspect";';

eval("print Bolo();");

?>

So far, so good. Now suppose I want to this instead of the above:

<?php
$suspects = Array(Alfred, Bob, Charles, Davis, Edward, Frank);
function Bolo () {<the same function as above>}

==== LETS GO ! ====

$cond1='in_array ($suspect, $suspects)';
$val1='TRUE';
$output1='"Suspect $suspect spotted";';
$output4='print "That is not a suspect";';

eval("print Bolo();");
?>

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My problem is: if I say

if (in_array ($suspect, $suspects)) {$output1;}

it works fine. But I really need to be able to say

if ($cond1 == $val1) {$output1;}

It is some kind of template that I need to repeat many times in a page, and I really wish I could make 'in_array' fit in that ($cond1 == $val1) formula, so that it would fit in the same function that ALL other conditions in the page will use instead of cutting the flow and introducing another function for that condition only. I thought I could check 'in_array()' against "TRUE", but it is not working. Anybody got any ideas?

    Thank yous,
    Luciano ES
    Santos - SP - Brasil

[Anon]

$cond1='in_array ($suspect, $suspects)';

you can't call functions within hard quotes.

$c1 = in_array($s1, $s2);
works

[lucianoes]

You're right, now it works!

I knew I was making some dumb mistake. I knew my logic was fine, but syntax wasn't. I'm still having a hard time trying to understand the DOs and DON'Ts of 'eval()'.

    Thank you very much,
    Luciano ES
    Santos - SP - Brasil