I'd like to open a .js file that contains a multi-dimensional array and parse it
into a PHP array.
.js array:
capitol = new Array("Capitol",
new Array("Monday, May 14",
"Zephyrs","6","8","3","0",
"Bombers","7","8","1","0"),
new Array("Wednesday, May 16",
"Giants","6","0","9","1",
"Orioles","8","3","6","0"),
new Array("Thursday, May 17",
"Brewers","13","2","6","1",
"Astros","0","0","7","1")
)
using this code:
$datafile = fopen("capitol.js","r");
$js = fread($datafile, 1000000);
$js = str_replace('new Array', 'array', $js);
$js = preg_replace('/(\w+)\s*=/', '$\1 =', $js);
$js = $js.';';
// echo $js; // echos correct PHP code!!!
eval($js);
var_dump($capitol);
I get:
Parse error: ...unexpected $ in rendercapitol.php(8) : eval()'d code on line 13
It echos the correct PHP code:
$capitol = array("Capitol", array("Monday, May 14", "Zephyrs","6","8","3","0", "Bombers","7","8","1","0"), array("Wednesday, May 16", "Giants","6","0","9","1", "Orioles","8","3","6","0"), array("Thursday, May 17", "Brewers","13","2","6","1", "Astros","0","0","7","1") );