[SOLVED] Parse PHP before using fopen()

[JsusSalv]

Hello:

 

I'm using a proxy script and it works well. However, the information I'm grabbing from the real file contains PHP code and it isn't parsed beforing display the contents on screen. Is there a way to parse PHP code from a file before using fopen() to read its contents?

 

Here's the code for the proxy script

 

$file = 'some file...';
$mime = 'text/css'

if ($mime) {
header('Content-type: '.$mime);
$file = @ fopen($file, 'r');
if ($file) {
	fpassthru($file);
	exit;
}
}

 

The $file has a bunch of css and a few PHP code blocks. How can I get the code blocks to parse/retrieve db info before being spit out to the screen?

 

Would file_get_contents work better?

[roopurt18]

eval(), but it's dangerous.

[JsusSalv]

Dangerous? I'm intrigued....how so? Ways to make it safe? Alternatives? Thanks for such a quick reply!!!

[JsusSalv]

I was reading through the php.net manual for eval():

 

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php

 

So, with my code, would I add the eval() before or after fopen()? It makes more sense to use it after reading the file but I just want some ideas/opinions.

[roopurt18]

Read the whole file and pass it into eval().

 

<?php
$file = "/some/other/file.php";
eval( file_get_contents( $file ) );
?>

[JsusSalv]

Read the whole file and pass it into eval().

 

<?php
$file = "/some/other/file.php";
eval( file_get_contents( $file ) );
?>

 

 

Like this:

 

$file = "/some/other/file.php";
$mime = 'text/css'

if ($mime) {
   header('Content-type: '.$mime);
   echo eval( file_get_contents( $file ) );
}

 

Or how should I rewrite my code?

[JsusSalv]

Tried the following but doesn't work as expected.

 

if ($mime) {
header('Content-type: '.$mime);
echo eval(file_get_contents($file);
}

 

 

No errors are displayed. The PHP just doesn't parse at all. Any pointers?

[roopurt18]

echo eval(file_get_contents($file);

 

You're missing a closing-paren before the semicolon.

[JsusSalv]

echo eval(file_get_contents($file);

 

You're missing a closing-paren before the semicolon.

 

 

No, that was a mistake...the code looks like this:

 

echo $file = file_get_contents(eval($file));

 

but it doesn't work.

[trq]

Why don't you just include the file and be done with it?

[JsusSalv]

Why don't you just include the file and be done with it?

 

Dude, it's proxy...there's a purpose for this. But good suggestion

[trq]

Still, I would be using....

 

ob_start();
include '/somefile.php';
echo ob_get_clean();

[JsusSalv]

Still, I would be using....

 

ob_start();
include '/somefile.php';
echo ob_get_clean();

 

That is probably the easiest idea I've seen!!!! Gonna try it now. Thanks Thorpe!

[JsusSalv]

Well, it does transfer the contents of the file into the proxy file. But the CSS doesn't style anything, yet, I can see the code in the stylesheet. Hmmm....

[JsusSalv]

I would like to figure out how to get the eval(); working. But this seems to have worked pretty well:

 

ob_start();
echo include('file/name/here.php');
ob_end_flush();

 

I am very thankful to all the suggestions! roopurt18, Thorpe, thank you greatly!

[roopurt18]

Heh, I must have brain damage today.  include() is a better solution.  /facepalm