How can I detect I'm inside an eval() call?
Check for the arguments
object. If it exists, you're in the function. If it doesn't it has been eval
ed.
Note that you'll have to put the check for arguments
in a try...catch
block like this:
var s = 'try {document.writeln(arguments ? "Function" : "Eval") } catch(e) { document.writeln("Eval!") }';
(new Function(s))();
eval(s);
Demo
Solution to nnnnnn
's concern. For this, I've edited the eval function itself:
var _eval = eval;
eval = function (){
// Your custom code here, for when it's eval
_eval.apply(this, arguments);
};
function test(x){
eval("try{ alert(arguments[0]) } catch(e){ alert('Eval detected!'); }");
}
test("In eval, but it wasn't detected");
The current answer does not work in strict mode since you can't redefine eval. Moreover, redefining eval
is problematic for many other reasons.
The way to differenciate them is based on the fact that well... one of them creates a function and what doesn't. What can functions do? They can return
stuff :)
We can simply exploit that and do something with return
:
// is in function
try {
return true;
} catch(e) { // in JS you can catch syntax errors
false; //eval returns the return of the expression.
}
So in example:
var s = "try{ return true; }catch(e){ false; }";
eval(s); // false
Function(s)(); // true
(new Function(s))(); // true, same as line above
(function(){ return eval(s); })(); // the nested 'problematic' case - false