Use eval, like this:
eval('$str_expanded = "' . str_replace('"', '\\"', $str) . '";');
The str_replace is used because you could have a " inside $str and it
would break the string, if you are sure the $str has no " inside you
can omit it.
Jonathan
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Daniel Kolbo<kolb0...@umn.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to force a string to expand variable names after the
> string has been set and before the variable's been defined without
> having to do a string replace or preg_replace?
>
> for example,
> <?php
> $str = "some string and some \$var plus other stuff";
> echo $str."<br />";
> $var = "Variable Contents";
> echo $str."<br />";
> $str_expanded = $str;//would like this to expand $var into $str_expanded
> echo $str_expanded."<br />";
> ?>
>
> Thanks,
> dK
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