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<h1 class="refname">Lua::eval</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL lua >=0.9.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Lua::eval</span> — <span class="dc-title">Evaluate a string as Lua code</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>Lua::eval</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$statements</code></span>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function is
currently not documented; only its argument list is available.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-lua.eval-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">statements</code></em></span>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns result of evaled code, <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> for wrong arguments or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on
other failure.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>Lua::eval()</strong></span>example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$lua </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Lua</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$lua</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">eval</span><span style="color: #007700">(<<<CODE<br /></span><span style="color: #DD0000"> print(2);<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">CODE<br />);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
2
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