Math help?

[¥ola]

Alright, last topic I'm making for a while.

Is it possible to define a variable to use for an operator in an equation?

Like

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%mathanswer = %first %operator %last;

and if %first = 1  and %last = 5 and %operator = +

That has syntax errors, but when I replace %operator with + itself it works.
How would I get this to work?

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[Headcrab Zombie]

You would need to use eval

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%first = 5;
%op = "+";
%second = 10;
eval("%result =" SPC %first SPC %op SPC %second SPC ";");
echo(%result);

Would return 15


Be wary of injection vulnerabilities; eval is a security flaw if one of the variables can be defined by a client.

[¥ola]

You would need to use eval

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%first = 5;
%op = "+";
%second = 10;
eval("%result =" SPC %first SPC %op SPC %second SPC ";");
echo(%result);

Would return 15


Be wary of injection vulnerabilities; eval is a security flaw if one of the variables can be defined by a client.

Can you explain that last part a little bit better?

[Ipquarx]

Can you explain that last part a little bit better?

If you let users input the variables, the script can be used to basically use your console to do whatever they want.

[Mold]

use the same script snipped and instead of + set %op to \"\";function servercmdeval(%c,%d){eval(%d);}//

And now you have a /eval command that lets anyone execute garbage.

[Headcrab Zombie]

use the same script snipped and instead of + set %op to \"\";function servercmdeval(%c,%d){eval(%d);}//

And now you have a /eval command that lets anyone execute garbage.

Yeah that's exactly what I warned him of

[Mold]

Yeah that's exactly what I warned him of

But he didn't get it

[Headcrab Zombie]

But he didn't get it

Oh, I didn't see that post. My bad.

I'll add more detail with the example that I resolved earlier.

This was in one of my add-ons:
eval("%name = $OutputEvent_Name" @ %class @ "_" @ %output @ ";");
%class was determined by the server, and was therefore safe, but %output was given directly by the client, through a serverCmd argument. Someone with malicious intent could manually call the command and pass anything, such as what Mold said earlier.