<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >eval</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Manual PHP" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Miscellaneous Functions" HREF="ref.misc.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="die" HREF="function.die.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="exit" HREF="function.exit.html"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-2"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="refentry" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Manual PHP</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="function.die.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Înapoi</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="function.exit.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Înainte</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><H1 ><A NAME="function.eval" ></A >eval</H1 ><DIV CLASS="refnamediv" ><A NAME="AEN63641" ></A ><P > (PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5 )</P >eval -- Evaluate a string as PHP code</DIV ><DIV CLASS="refsect1" ><A NAME="AEN63644" ></A ><H2 >Description</H2 >mixed <B CLASS="methodname" >eval</B > ( string code_str)<BR ></BR ><P > <B CLASS="function" >eval()</B > evaluates the string given in <VAR CLASS="parameter" >code_str</VAR > as PHP code. Among other things, this can be useful for storing code in a database text field for later execution. </P ><P > There are some factors to keep in mind when using <B CLASS="function" >eval()</B >. Remember that the string passed must be valid PHP code, including things like terminating statements with a semicolon so the parser doesn't die on the line after the <B CLASS="function" >eval()</B >, and properly escaping things in <VAR CLASS="parameter" >code_str</VAR >. </P ><P > Also remember that variables given values under <B CLASS="function" >eval()</B > will retain these values in the main script afterwards. </P ><P > A <VAR CLASS="literal" >return</VAR > statement will terminate the evaluation of the string immediately. In PHP 4, <B CLASS="function" >eval()</B > returns <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >NULL</B ></TT > unless <VAR CLASS="literal" >return</VAR > is called in the evaluated code, in which case the value passed to <VAR CLASS="literal" >return</VAR > is returned. In PHP 3, <B CLASS="function" >eval()</B > does not return a value. </P ><P > <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" CLASS="EXAMPLE" ><TR ><TD ><DIV CLASS="example" ><A NAME="AEN63669" ></A ><P ><B >Exemplu 1. <B CLASS="function" >eval()</B > example - simple text merge </B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" CELLPADDING="5" ><TR ><TD ><code><font color="#000000"> <font color="#0000BB"><?php<br />$string </font><font color="#007700">= </font><font color="#DD0000">'cup'</font><font color="#007700">;<br /></font><font color="#0000BB">$name </font><font color="#007700">= </font><font color="#DD0000">'coffee'</font><font color="#007700">;<br /></font><font color="#0000BB">$str </font><font color="#007700">= </font><font color="#DD0000">'This is a $string with my $name in it.'</font><font color="#007700">;<br />echo </font><font color="#0000BB">$str</font><font color="#007700">. </font><font color="#DD0000">"\n"</font><font color="#007700">;<br />eval(</font><font color="#DD0000">"</font><font color="#007700">\$</font><font color="#DD0000">str = </font><font color="#007700">\"</font><font color="#DD0000">$str</font><font color="#007700">\"</font><font color="#DD0000">;"</font><font color="#007700">);<br />echo </font><font color="#0000BB">$str</font><font color="#007700">. </font><font color="#DD0000">"\n"</font><font color="#007700">;<br /></font><font color="#0000BB">?></font> </font> </code></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > The above example will show: </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" CELLPADDING="5" ><TR ><TD ><PRE CLASS="screen" >This is a $string with my $name in it. This is a cup with my coffee in it.</PRE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P ><DIV CLASS="tip" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="tip" ><P ><B >Indicaþie: </B >Cum toate funcþiile afiºeazã rezultatele direct cãtre browser, se pot folosi <A HREF="ref.outcontrol.html" >funcþiile de control a ieºirii</A > pentru a captura rezultatul acestei funcþii ºi a-l salva, de exemplu, într-un <A HREF="language.types.string.html" ><B CLASS="type" >string</B ></A >.</P ></BLOCKQUOTE ></DIV ><P > See also <A HREF="function.call-user-func.html" ><B CLASS="function" >call_user_func()</B ></A >. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.die.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Înapoi</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Acasã</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.exit.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Înainte</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >die</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ref.misc.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Sus</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >exit</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >