Migrating code problem..

[jimmyskliff]

Hi.....

I am currently in the process of updating my asp files to php and I have run into a problem I cannot seem to figure out.

There is a statement you can use in VBScript ---Execute (String) --- I use this statement to write values to my html field attributes. Which I store in the db.

The Execute statement takes a single string argument, interprets it as a VBScript statement or sequence of statements, and executes these statements in the current context. No value is returned.

I can't seem to find the ability to do this in PHP. I am a newbie so please have mercy on me......Any advice would help

[Anon]

eval() will do it. It takes a string that has PHP code and executes it in the current context. I'm not sure about ASP's Execute, but PHP's eval() requires <? ?> tags inside. And a value is returned, whenever appropiate.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php

Diego

[majik-sheff]

Correct you are, in later versions (not sure where the cutoff is) the <> tags aren't necessary anymore. Just be sure that you enclose the code in single quotes.

[Anon]

Thanks dudes. I will give it a try