That's exactly the point, I want it to be in a database column, and allow the end-user to edit it. Therefore, $test would keep a HTML/RTF document with tags <?=?>.
I want to get it, perform variable substitution, and then e-mail it, or save it in another database column, but I just don't want to display it. dfcp On Sep 13, 12:43 pm, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a bit confusing. Why are you setting the variable $test in the > first place? Just put: > > <p>Hello, <b><?=$destinatary[Person][name]?></b> > > ... in your view. > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:33 AM, djogo <djogopat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > The topic on Smarty remembered me of one issue I got. > > > Suppose I have a string like this: > > > $test = '<p>Hello, <b><?=$destinatary[Person][name]?></b>'; > > > and I have a variable called $destinatary defined somewhere, and I > > wish to substitute the substring (contained in $test) > > > <?=$destinatary[Person][name]?> > > > for the appropriated value that is into the variable $destinatary > > ['Person']['name']. > > > Is there any class on cakephp to do it? Yeah, I'm currently using > > Smarty for that, it allows me to perform variable substitution not > > only in "view" files, but also in strings. > > > And I feel that doing something like > > > eval( "\$return = \"$test\"; " ); > > > is awfully dangerous, as $test actually comes from database, which is > > set by the end-user. > > > The only way I though of doing that on Cakephp is by actually writing > > the $test contents into a view and rendering it, but it's lame. > > > Thanks in advance --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
