this is what the eval() command equates to $str = "include("$path/inc/dataconf.inc");"; that should make it clearer (??)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 4:21 PM To: php-general Subject: [PHP] using eval I keep getting this error when I use eval what am I missing Parse error: parse error in c:\httpd\doc\install.php(6) : eval()'d code on line 1 $path="/home/sites/home"; $fp3=fopen ("location.inc","w")or die("unable to open file (location.inc)"); $str='include("$path/inc/dataconf.inc");'; eval ("\$str = \"$str\";"); fwrite($fp3,"$str \n"); -- Best regards, rdkurth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]