numerical evaluation of a string

Hi,
is there a way to evaluate in PHP a string like "2+3*5" ? I'm
expecting 17 as a result. A way to achieve that would be to invoke the
bc calculator but I was wondering if you can do such a thing directly
in PHP?
Cheers,
Patrick

..oO(geantbrun)

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>is there a way to evaluate in PHP a string like "2+3*5" ? I'm
>expecting 17 as a result. A way to achieve that would be to invoke the
>bc calculator but I was wondering if you can do such a thing directly
>in PHP?

eval()

Micha

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