eval() should work for you http://www.php.net/eval
You also may want to consider including files coded something like this: <html> <head><?=$headers;?></head> <title><?=$title;?></title> <body> <?=$header;?> <?=$body;?> <?=$footer;?> </body> </html> Then you just set the values for the vars in your code - include the file. Josh --- Hendrik Daldrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > i am working with templates, which i put into a > string ($user_screen) > and in the end i make the output with > > echo $user_screen; > > where $user_screen would contain the template file > data. > However, if the $user_screen contains any php code > it gets echo'ed as > well, instead of parsed. > (ok, that sounds logical), > but is there a way i can make php parse the php code > within this string? > > i thought, that maybe "include" would work that way, > but its not > possible to include a string, is it? > > thx > > Hendrik > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php