Torsten is right. eval() works great ... and so does having your php code in the database :-) >>"Florian Wagner" <fw2001@xxxxxxx> wrote in message >>news:20040508105441.27062.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Hi there, >>> I thought it would be a great idea to store the code of nearly all my web >>> pages in "text" fields of a mysql database. >>> Now I've got the problem that I want to use php in those pages. >>> Let's say $row["content"] contains the string "<? echo 'Hello World!' ?>". >>> Then echo $row["content"] only produces the unparsed <? echo 'Hello >>World!' >>> ?> which effectivly displays nothing, because the browser doesn't know the >>> "<?" tag. How can I tell PHP to parse this string before displaying it??? >>> >>> Thanks for any suggestions... >> >>This can be done with eval(): >>http://de.php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php >> >>Take a look at the user comments there, especially regarding the inclusion >>of <? and ?>. >> >>Regards, Torsten