coming over from ASP -- execute command?

[sfullman]

Hello there,

I'm coming over from ASP. One of the most critical code I used in ASP was the "execute" command, which takes strings of text and variables and executes them as a command. Is there any equivalent in PHP? Here's an example (even if youdon't do ASP you'll understand this:

<%

value1 = 1
value2 = 5
theArray = "someArray"
variableGroup = "sampleVariable"
theIndex = 3

execute( "if someCondition = true then " & someArray & "(" & value1 & "," & value2 & ") = " & variableGroup & theIndex )
%>
This would be the same as writing this command:

if someCondition = true then someArray(1,5) = sampleVariable3

This has always allowed me to cobble together commands and variable assignments when no other easy was was there.

Is there an equivalent in PHP?

[Anon]

This is probably what you are looking for:

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

DC

[cordex]

The exec() function

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

[cordex]

derek is right.

exec probably isn't what you're looking for.