A brief discussion on the definition and usage of PHP eval() function, a brief discussion on eval_PHP tutorial

eval(phpcode) 

<&#63;php
$string = "beautiful";
$time = "winter";
 
$str = 'This is a $string $time morning!';
echo $str. "<br />";
 
eval("\$str = \"$str\";");
echo $str;
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if ( ! isset($active_record) OR $active_record == TRUE)
 {
 require_once(BASEPATH.'database/DB_active_rec.php');
 
 if ( ! class_exists('CI_DB'))
 {
  eval('class CI_DB extends CI_DB_active_record { }');
 }
 }
 else
 {
 if ( ! class_exists('CI_DB'))
 {
  eval('class CI_DB extends CI_DB_driver { }');
 }
 }
 
 require_once(BASEPATH.'database/drivers/'.$params['dbdriver'].'/'.$params['dbdriver'].'_driver.php');
 
 // Instantiate the DB adapter
 $driver = 'CI_DB_'.$params['dbdriver'].'_driver';
 $DB = new $driver($params);