Var within a var

[bob pilly <bobpilly@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All
 
 Im trying to store a document template in mysql that has php var names within it and then find it in the datebase and print it out with the var names replaced with the var values.
 
 e.g i have this stored
 
 Dear $title $name
 we would like to......
 
 I declare the vars $title and $name
 
 $title = 'Mr';
 $name = 'Test';
 //retrieve the stored template
 $query = "select template from letters";
 $result = mysqli_query($dblink,$query);
 if($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
     print $row['template'];
 }
 
 i would expect that to print:
 
 Dear Mr Test
 we would like to......
 
 but it doesnt it prints out
 
 Dear $title $name
  we would like to......
 
 can someone point out where i am going wrong?
 
 Thanks for any help in advance!
 
 Cheers
 
 Bob
 
		
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