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Re: Simple expression parser for PHP.

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Daniel Pitts wrote:

> On 12/3/12 11:59 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Daniel Pitts wrote:
>>> I've given the specific requirements. ;-)
>>
>> ISTM you want a person writing or finding that software for you without
>> any real effort on your part.  If so, you are wrong here; there are smart
>> but starving PHP developers out there who you should *pay* for that
>> instead. The smiley does not change anything.
> 
> I am, of course, trying to do this with the least amount of effort on my
> part possible. A lazy engineer is an efficient engineer ;-).  This is
> part of a rather large project for the rather large company I work for,
> so we are already paying PHP developers.  I'm not asking for anyone to
> create something for free, only trying to find out what is already out
> there. An hour of googling didn't really turn up much, so I thought I'd
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> turn to the community.

ACK, that is different, of course.  You should say so, and tell the keywords 
you have searched with, from the start next time.

>> For example, accessing properties instead of calling methods is
>> facilitated with the __get() and __set() magic methods. [2]  PHP 5.4 even
>> allows accessing the items of array return values directly, which allows
>> for “$root->foo()["bar"]” or “$root->foo()[0]”. [3]  (For PHP 5.3 there
>> can be a fallback, line “$root->foo()->items(0)”).
> 
> Sure it can access a single value, but can you do math in that as well?

Like what?

> String concatenation?

String concatenation is a built-in.  But if you must, you can do it step by 
step.

> For example, I may have an expression such as: $myObject['someValue'] * 3

I fail to see the use-case.

> In any case, thanks for all the links, I'll look through the ones I
> don't know anything about for inspiration.

You're welcome.

Please trim your quotes and add an empty line before each of your blocks of 
new text next time.


PointedEars
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Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-11-30 15:56 -0800
  Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-12-01 18:58 +0100
    Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2012-12-01 18:09 +0000
    Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-01 11:06 -0800
      Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-12-02 12:45 +0100
        Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-03 09:28 -0800
          Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Shake <QUITAESTO@QUITAESTO.NOES> - 2012-12-03 18:44 +0100
            Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-03 10:06 -0800
              Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-12-03 21:04 +0100
          Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-12-03 20:59 +0100
            Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-03 12:30 -0800
              Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-12-03 23:09 +0100
          Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-12-03 20:39 +0000
            Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-03 15:58 -0800
              Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-12-03 20:50 -0500
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-03 18:40 -0800
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-12-04 09:49 +0100
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-12-04 09:34 +0000
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-04 10:09 -0800
              Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-12-04 03:52 +0000
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-03 22:24 -0800
              Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-12-04 13:49 +0100
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-04 10:20 -0800
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-12-04 19:52 +0100
            Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-03 17:18 -0800
              Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-12-04 11:55 +0100
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-12-04 10:58 +0000
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-12-04 05:54 -0800
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-12-04 15:29 +0100
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-04 10:25 -0800
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-12-04 23:23 +0100
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-12-04 23:58 -0800
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-12-04 10:36 -0500
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-12-05 09:24 +0000
                Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-12-06 16:53 -0800
  Re: Simple expression parser for PHP. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-12-10 09:40 -0800

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