making php code from db work

[Schalk <schalk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings All,

I pull the following snippet of code directly from a MySQL database:

<ul>
   <li><a href="#" title="Highway & Toll Facilities">Highway & Toll 
Facilities</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Mass Transit">Mass Transit</a></li>
   <li><a href="<?php echo _root 
?>/expertise/index.php?category=specialized_expertise&amp;content=Intermodal&amp;side_content=our_work" 
title="Intermodal">Intermodal</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Public Policy">Public Policy</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Mega-Projects">Mega-Projects</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Infrastructure Renewal">Infrastructure 
Renewal</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="International">International</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Design-Build">Design-Build</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Workouts">Workouts</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Advanced Revenue Collection Systems">Advanced 
Revenue Collection Systems</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="TIFIA">TIFIA</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Corporate Alliances & Ancillary 
Revenue">Corporate Alliances & Ancillary Revenue</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Fare Policy">Fare Policy</a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Joint Development">Joint Development</a></li>
</ul>

As you can see in line three, I use the following PHP code there: <?php 
echo _root ?>

Unfortunately when this is loaded into the PHP page this bit of code is 
not parsed and the link still includes the code snippet. Is there a way 
I can make this work or would it be better to build this nav tree in a 
more robust fashion such as loading the <li> one by one in a for loop 
for example?

Thanks in advance.

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Schalk Neethling
Web Developer.Designer.Programmer.President
Volume4.Business.Solution.Developers

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