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redarrow, thanks for your reply, but i think ShogunWarrior is right as i am pulling the code from a database where it is stored as text, assigning it to an array and then trying to execute it. I don't think this is possible, but i have used the first reply from ShogunWarrior and have worked some magic and now i can do exactly what i want to do - and it seems even easier than i imaged (although there is a bit of work involved to start with!)
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ShogunWarrior, to be honest, this wasn't the response i was looking for - simply because it has caused me more work! and i just wanted to do what i guess is impossible! However, your response has worked a treat and i've now got my page looking as it should. Thanks very much!
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Hi, I really hope one of you nice people will be able to help as i've searched and searched for the answer to this question, but i just can't figure it out! I have a mysql database which contains the main content of pages for my website. So, when i need to select a page, the script finds the right row in the table and outputs it to display for the user. To display the text that is retrieved from the database, i use this normal bit of code - <?php echo($dbarray['page']); ?> This all works fine, and if i include HTML within the 'page' field of the database, this is output to the page, so i can make things bold etc. However, i want to be able to use a PHP script within the data that is retrieved from the database. For example, as part of the page text, i want to be able to use the users name, which is set in the main document. However, when i use this code - <?php echo($username); ?> as part of the page text that is saved in the database, nothing hapens - there's just white space on the page! People have suggested i use this code instead - <' . "? echo($username) ?" . '>'; however all this does is output the whole PHP code to the screen, and the code isn't actually processed? I hope this all makes sense, and if anyone has the answer as to how i can get this to work, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance guys!