Eval problem!

[Anon]

I have a mysql db where I have

---

| id | text | action |

| 0 | Hi there! | $xvar = "John" |

I want the content of action to be evaluated so that the variable $xvar will be set to "John"... how do I do this?

[van__]

use the eval function.
You'll want to escape the "$" and add a line ending though...

eval("\".$result['action'].";");
echo $xvar;

if that don't work, try storing your string like this:
\$xvar="text";

[van__]

I should add that the use of eval will slow your page times.

Eval can be very handy, but should used sparingly and only where absolutely necessary. A few evals per page wont hurt that much though.