Using PHP in a mySql table field?

[paddy_irl]

I'm calling text from an mysql database which includes php. I have php echoing values in the database entry for concatenation purposes but when I write it to a page it just writes out the php code in the page source and the browser ignores it.

Can I actually put php in a text field in mysql, do I have to format it or change the field type or how should I be approaching this?

 

database entry:

some text and <?php echo $value ?> more text

 

php calling the text from the database:

$SQL = "SELECT overview_content FROM   overview u
              WHERE  u.ov_id = '$ov_type'  
    " ;
    
$u = @mysql_query($SQL) or die("Couldn't execute query @mysql_query($SQL).");
    
$row =@mysql_fetch_array($u) ;
        
$the_overview = $row['overview_content'];

 

code is working fine and writing out the correct values, the php within the database entry is just being ignored

 

any help is much appreciated!

[per1os]

www.php.net/eval

 

Take a look at that.