[RESOLVED] Problem when using php code in messages

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[RESOLVED] Problem when using php code in messages

php_coder_2014

Hi,

I am having a problem here... I want to insert php code in a message (for one of the messages in the message block of the screen).

The message body is stored in a database as text. When the page is displayed, the inserted php code is treated as text too and is not runned properly... I tried different things and nothing seem to work.

Is anyone have any idea of how to do that?

This is the php code line I want to insert in my message: .strtoupper(CURRENT_MONTH)."SPECIALS"

Thanks in advance!

NogDog

You would probably have to make use of eval(), but, "If eval() is the answer, you're probably asking the wrong question." More secure would be to just embed some sort of place-holder in there, then replace it via str_replace() or sprintf(), or printf(). E.g.:

$textFromDB = "blah blah blah _CURRENT_MONTH_ blah blah blah";
echo str_replace('_CURRENT_MONTH_', date('F'), $textFromDB);

php_coder_2014

Thank you NogDog!

It worked perfectly!

I should have seen that solution... Too easy!