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Request #34210 Feature to run function inline within the local scope
Submitted: 2005-08-22 14:42 UTC Modified: 2021-02-15 12:35 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:2.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:0 of 1 (0.0%)
From: jdv at foobar dot be Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Wont fix Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.0.4 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-08-22 14:42 UTC] jdv at foobar dot be 
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It would be nice to see a feature that allowed for functions to be executed, inline, within the current local scope. The behaviour I intend for is that of eval(). Calling eval($code) allows $code to access variables from the local scope from which eval is called. It also allows $code to set variables in this local scope. Both features, if accessible to user-defined functions, would come in handy on occasions.

One particular useful function that could be built if this functionality existed, would accept a string for argument and replace all %foo occurences in it by the -- according to context -- properly escaped value of $foo. Such a function could then be used for composing HTML and SQL strings more easily.

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 [2016-12-30 23:01 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: Scripting Engine problem
 [2021-02-15 12:35 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-02-15 12:35 UTC] cmb@php.net 
> Both features, if accessible to user-defined functions, would
> come in handy on occasions.

… to shoot your own feet.  I don't think that this will be
implemented ever, but anybody still looking for this feature
should consider to pursue the RFC process[1].

[1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto>
 
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