The only two ways I can think this could work is you must either write the output to a file with a php extension and then include that file, or you must set up the apache server to parse html files in the same way as it does php files. Just doing a normal output on a standard server won't recognise any server-side script in that output (which is what you've already experienced). Arno ________________________ DotContent Professional Content Management Solutions -----Original Message----- From: Schalk [mailto:schalk@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 17 March 2006 12:08 To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: making php code from db work 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&content=Intermodal &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. -- Kind Regards Schalk Neethling Web Developer.Designer.Programmer.President Volume4.Business.Solution.Developers -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
