On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 23:09, Gunther E. Biernat wrote:
> All,
>
> This ought to be simple, but I can't crack it...
>
> I'm trying to read a plain text file where I embedded some variables.
> E.g.
>
> abc $a def
>
> Sucking this file in a string and setting $a to "whatever" results in
> "abc $a def" rather than "abc whatever def". Where's the difference to
> directly doing the following:
>
> $a = "whatever";
> $b = "abc $a def";
> echo $b;
>
> which results in "abc whatever def" ???
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks in advance.
[eval()]
Or you could include/require the text file making sure the stuff you want
interpreted in the file is enclosed in php tags - depends on exactly
how your text is structured.
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