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[Daniel Convissor]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 07:18:11AM -0700, LK wrote:
>   $x = 3;
>   $y = 4;
>   $calc_str = '$x * $y';
>   eval("echo \"$calc_str\";");

> I want to evaluate the expression $x * $y (x times y). But when I run it 
> thru the eval() function it returns "3 * 4" instead of "12".

Because you are asking PHP to evaluate the quoted string.  What you want 
to do is:

eval("echo $calc_str;");

BUT, you are hereby warned that eval() is generaly a very bad idea for 
security reasons.

--Dan

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