I have a variable. How do i parse its contents?

[zbrahead]

For example:
[code]
$randomvariable = "<?php header("location:Http:somesite.com");exit;?>"

echo($randomvariable); #fails
print($randomvariable); #fails
[/code]

how do i get the string contents parsed?!?!?!

[LazyJones]

You can't execute PHP code that way (if that's what you are after).

For pulling something out of a string (maybe the url, in this case?), there's lots of useful functions for example preg_match() and strstr()

Good question is, why would you have something like that in a variable...

[zbrahead]

it would've been extracted from mysql

[wildteen88]

If that is the code in your mysql database then you'll want use eval in order run the PHP code that is stored in your database.

for example when you get it out of your database you'll want to do something like this:

[code=php:0]eval("$your_var = \"$row['column_name_here']\";");[/code]

[Barand]

Either enclose the string in single quotes or escape the inner double quotes, then echo it using htmlentities()

[code]
<?php
$randomvariable = '<?php header("location:Http:somesite.com");exit;?>';
echo htmlentities($randomvariable);
?>
[/code]