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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T02:20:19+00:00 2026-05-11T02:20:19+00:00

I have 3 variables like this: $first = 2; $second = 5; $operation =

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I have 3 variables like this: $first = 2; $second = 5; $operation = ‘*’;

how can I programaticly assign the solution to this math problem to the $answer variable? I have tried eval(), but that does not work.

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  1. 2026-05-11T02:20:20+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 2:20 am

    eval() should work perfectly fine for something like this. Remember that eval() returns NULL though, unless you tell it to return something.

    <?php $first = 3; $second = 4; $operation = '*';  $answer = eval('return '.$first.$operation.$second.';');  echo $answer; ?> 
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