self::PARENTHESIS_DEPTH){ break; } } // Calculate the result if(preg_match(self::PATTERN, $input, $match)){ return $this->compute($match[0]); } // To handle the special case of expressions surrounded by global parenthesis like "(1+1)" if(is_numeric($input)){ return $input; } return 0; } return $input; } private function compute($input){ $compute = create_function('', 'return '.$input.';'); return 0 + $compute(); } private function callback($input){ if(is_numeric($input[1])){ return $input[1]; } elseif(preg_match(self::PATTERN, $input[1], $match)){ return $this->compute($match[0]); } return 0; } } $Cal = new CalculateFromString(); $xyz='(100 * 25000) + (250 * 25000) + ((500/100) * 25000)'; $result = $Cal->calculate($xyz); echo $result;