Echoing code - nothing is showing up!

[ryanwood4]

Hi,

 

How do you go about including the below code on a page?

 

I have added it to the database, and I'm using an echo function to display it, but it doesn't seem to work, is there anything special you need to do to echo code?

 

The code I need to echo: <?php include("poll/Poll.php"); echo Poll(1, "poll/template.tpl", "poll/data.xml");  ?>

 

I've used <? echo $poll?> to echo it, but it doesn't show anything.

 

Thanks (not sure if that made much sense, but it's hard to explain)

 

[Ken2k7]

What does that function return?

 

Also, what's $poll? And please do not use PHP short tags.

[ryanwood4]

The longish code is in the database under the row 'poll' - which is what I'm trying to echo - it shows up in the source, but it doesn't show up on the page.

 

If you look at this page: http://www.thef1times.com/news/display/00001 - it doesn't show the poll at the bottom of the text (main article text), but if you check the source code, it does display the echoed code - however the code isn't doing what it would, if it was simply added to the page.