Eval var from query

How can I evaluate a var that is from a text field of a database? Example:

MySQL field `name` = hi my name is $name

In my script I have:

$name = "Shawn";

After fetching a query result as an associative array I have the contents of
the `name` field in $data

If I echo $data I get: hi my name is $name

I would like to get: hi my name is Shawn

TIA,
Shawn

Hello,


This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Mon, 14 Jul 2003 at 20:03,
lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you.
> How can I evaluate a var that is from a text field of a database?
> Example:
> MySQL field `name` = hi my name is $name
> In my script I have:
> $name = "Shawn";
> After fetching a query result as an associative array I have the
> contents of
> the `name` field in $data
> If I echo $data I get: hi my name is $name
> I would like to get: hi my name is Shawn

Use eval($data)

See http://uk.php.net/eval for more info.

All the best,

David.

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eval($data)

returns Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in
C:\apps\apache2\htdocs\test\query.php(23) : eval()'d code on line 1

Thanks!
Shawn

"Shawn McKenzie" <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote in message
news:20030714190325.34064.qmail@pb1.pair.com...
> How can I evaluate a var that is from a text field of a database?
Example:
>
> MySQL field `name` = hi my name is $name
>
> In my script I have:
>
> $name = "Shawn";
>
> After fetching a query result as an associative array I have the contents
of
> the `name` field in $data
>
> If I echo $data I get: hi my name is $name
>
> I would like to get: hi my name is Shawn
>
> TIA,
> Shawn
>
>