Posted by "nntp.charter.net" on 06/15/05 16:33

I want to write a trace procedure and call it with variable names, and I am
having trouble with the syntax. My goal is to have a procedure that will
echo lines such as:

Trace: $myvar="the contents of $myvar

My attempt that didn't work is to write a function:

function my_trace($m){
echo ("\n<br>TRACE: $m = ");
eval("\$t=\"$m\";");
echo($t."<br>\n");
}

and call it with statements like:

my_trace("\$my_var");
my_trace("\$_ENV[\"COMPUTERNAME\"]");

What am I doing wrong, and how should this be done? Also, should I post to
a different group?

Thanks,
Gil Grodsky
ggrodsky@charter.net

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