Re: [PHP] Example safe use of eval()

2002-08-01 Thread David Pratt
CTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [PHP] Example safe use of eval() >Date: Thu, Aug 1, 2002, 5:35 PM > > You can't really do much to make sure the execution of eval is safe, it's > more than you have to trust the string that you're about to eval(). > > So

Re: [PHP] Example safe use of eval()

2002-08-01 Thread Justin French
You can't really do much to make sure the execution of eval is safe, it's more than you have to trust the string that you're about to eval(). So, as long as you and your production team were the only ones who put the code into the strings or tables, and tested the code before hand, then 90% there

[PHP] Example safe use of eval()

2002-08-01 Thread David Pratt
I am trying to get code that I have saved as a string in a database to evaluate as code within a larger script with a loop. There are obvious security concerns with allowing users to input code into the field if it is not preprocessed before it is evaluated. The eval function appears to be the t