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Re: [PHP] what am I missing..interpolation? From: Justin Gruenberg (justin.gruenberg <email protected>)
Date: 05/15/05

On 15/05/05, blackwater dev <blackwaterdev <email protected>> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> this works fine:
>
> $name="fido";
> $string="my dog's name is $name";
> echo $string;//prints my dog's name is fido
>
> but when I store the string "my dog's name is $name" in the db and pull it out:
>
> //do the query
> $row=$datab->fetch();
> $name="fido";
> $string=$name['db_column'];
> echo $string//prints my dog's name is $name
>
> How can I get it to work with the db?

Not exactly sure if this will work, but try

echo eval($string) 

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