I query and use mysql_fetch_array to get the data into an associative array. I then build a string and output it like this: echo "blah blah ".$row["thecolumn"]." blah blah";
What you need to understand is that the string parsing for variables only happens when the string is actually in your script. When you dynamically create a string (or get it from a DB) it's just a string of characters in memory and is *not* parsed.
To do something like this, you would have to use one of a few things. The first would be to use some kind of search and replace to replace those variables with what you really want.
$text = str_replace('$name', $name, $text);
That's fairly simple and could even be done for multiple variables.
foreach(array('name', 'price') as $varName) {
//yes, the $$ is correct
$text = str_replace('$'.$varName, $$varName, $text);
}You could also use a regular expression if you *really* wanted to, but what's above is easier.
-- paperCrane <Justin Patrin>
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