Hi
you need eval()
http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php
HTH
Peter
> -Original Message-
> From: Brian Stoffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 23 May 2004 23:34
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP-DB] Variables in database content
>
>
> Hi there. I have what I suspect is an easy one, but was unable to find
> something similar in the archives (it's a tough one to search for...).
>
> Basically I have a table with a text block column. The actual content
> that lives in column contains php variables that I want to be able to
> use when I pull the text out of the database. Let me give you an
> example:
>
> Content:
> "Hi there. My name is $name. This is a bunch of text that $othername
> is telling me to populate with some data. Hopefully you will be able
> to help $othername and I get this to work. Thanks!"
>
> Now, in my script I want to be able to pull names out of another table,
> initialize the $name and $othername variables, then pull out the
> content above, parse the "names" variables and display it in the
> browser.
>
> My problem is the variables don't get parsed. I've tried a few obvious
> things, like storing the text in a variable, using print or echo, and
> so-on, even processing it with the various text-to-html functions
> hoping that it would process the variables, but it seems like it's
> treating the text as a literal and not actually parsing the variables.
>
> I suspect it has something to do with either the order, the method of
> output, or some pre-processing that I'm missing, but after a few hours
> I simply can't get it.
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
> -b
>
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