--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/smarty/plugins/function.eval.php	Sun Mar 23 14:59:33 2008 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ * @package Smarty
+ * @subpackage plugins
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * Smarty {eval} function plugin
+ *
+ * Type:     function<br>
+ * Name:     eval<br>
+ * Purpose:  evaluate a template variable as a template<br>
+ * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.function.eval.php {eval}
+ *       (Smarty online manual)
+ * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
+ * @param array
+ * @param Smarty
+ */
+function smarty_function_eval($params, &$smarty)
+{
+
+    if (!isset($params['var'])) {
+        $smarty->trigger_error("eval: missing 'var' parameter");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if($params['var'] == '') {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    $smarty->_compile_source('evaluated template', $params['var'], $_var_compiled);
+
+    ob_start();
+    $smarty->_eval('?>' . $_var_compiled);
+    $_contents = ob_get_contents();
+    ob_end_clean();
+
+    if (!empty($params['assign'])) {
+        $smarty->assign($params['assign'], $_contents);
+    } else {
+        return $_contents;
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim: set expandtab: */
+
+?>