possible to forward if-expression in variable?

[Chris]

Hi Folks,
I would like to forward an expression to an if-statement via a variable.
Like:
$a=10;
$b=20;

$expr="$a > $b";#this should be my if-expression

if ($expr) do something;#test should be if($a > $b)

Of course this does not work, as $expr is simply determined as being true.
Is there any chance to get this working?
Thanks in advance,
Chris

[Pedro Graca]

Chris wrote:

I would like to forward an expression to an if-statement via a variable.
Like:
$a=10;
$b=20;

$expr="$a > $b";#this should be my if-expression

Try this:

<?php
$a = 5;
$b = 10;

$expr1 = ($a > $b);
$expr2 = ($a < $b);

if ($expr1) echo 'expr1 is true';
else echo 'expr1 is false';

echo "<pre>\n\n\n</pre>";

if ($expr2) echo 'expr2 is true';
else echo 'expr2 is false';
?>
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[Erwin Moller]

Hi Chris,

In addition to Pedro's posting:
I find it usefull to use the following construct in such situations:

$total = (($num<100) ? 12 : 50) * 1.5;

The first expression is evaluated, if true it returns 12, if not 50.
The result is multiplied by 1.5

You can nest them as many times as needed.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[Chris]

Hi Pedro, Hi Erwin,
thanks for the proposals. But I might have not been clear enough.
You hand over the expression as a TRUE/FALSE result. Of course this
works (with one exception - if expression is FALSE you won't be able
to have an else statement - at least in my hands it cancels the else
fork).

What I wanted is a little different (and more complicated). My
if-expressions should be stored as a string, because I fetch them from
a database. Now I want to use them in a PHP-context. [Reason for this
is that I check plausabilities in forms, depending on the result of
selected formfields - the according plausibilities are defined in the
database]

So, is there any chance to convert a string
"$a > $b"
into an expression/result
TRUE/FALSE.
??

Sorry for having been inprecise in my forst posting...
Maybe there is an answer.
Cheers,
Chris

In addition to Pedro's posting:
I find it usefull to use the following construct in such situations:

$total = (($num<100) ? 12 : 50) * 1.5;

Try this:

<Pedro snip>
<?php
$a = 5;
$b = 10;

$expr1 = ($a > $b);
$expr2 = ($a < $b);

if ($expr1) echo 'expr1 is true';
else echo 'expr1 is false';

echo "<pre>\n\n\n</pre>";

if ($expr2) echo 'expr2 is true';
else echo 'expr2 is false';
?>
</Pedro snip>

[michel]

lookup eval() from www.php.net

greetz,

Michel

"Chris" <ch*******@1click2art.de> wrote in message
news:72**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi Pedro, Hi Erwin,
thanks for the proposals. But I might have not been clear enough.
You hand over the expression as a TRUE/FALSE result. Of course this
works (with one exception - if expression is FALSE you won't be able
to have an else statement - at least in my hands it cancels the else
fork).

What I wanted is a little different (and more complicated). My
if-expressions should be stored as a string, because I fetch them from
a database. Now I want to use them in a PHP-context. [Reason for this
is that I check plausabilities in forms, depending on the result of
selected formfields - the according plausibilities are defined in the
database]

So, is there any chance to convert a string
"$a > $b"
into an expression/result
TRUE/FALSE.
??

Sorry for having been inprecise in my forst posting...
Maybe there is an answer.
Cheers,
Chris

In addition to Pedro's posting:
I find it usefull to use the following construct in such situations:

$total = (($num<100) ? 12 : 50) * 1.5;

Try this:

<Pedro snip>
<?php
$a = 5;
$b = 10;

$expr1 = ($a > $b);
$expr2 = ($a < $b);

if ($expr1) echo 'expr1 is true';
else echo 'expr1 is false';

echo "<pre>\n\n\n</pre>";

if ($expr2) echo 'expr2 is true';
else echo 'expr2 is false';
?>
</Pedro snip>

[Henk Verhoeven]

Chris,

?Can't you use:

if ( eval("return $expression;") )
do something

Greetings,

Henk.

Chris wrote:

Hi Pedro, Hi Erwin,
thanks for the proposals. But I might have not been clear enough.
You hand over the expression as a TRUE/FALSE result. Of course this
works (with one exception - if expression is FALSE you won't be able
to have an else statement - at least in my hands it cancels the else
fork).

What I wanted is a little different (and more complicated). My
if-expressions should be stored as a string, because I fetch them from
a database. Now I want to use them in a PHP-context. [Reason for this
is that I check plausabilities in forms, depending on the result of
selected formfields - the according plausibilities are defined in the
database]

[Chris]

Thanks Michel and Henk!

I hadn't though about eval() - it's that easy.

Cheers,
Chris
Henk Verhoeven <ne**@metaclassREMOVE-THIS.nl> wrote in message news:<c1*********@news4.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>...

Chris,

?Can't you use:

if ( eval("return $expression;") )
do something