Stored Variable Names

[MikeA]

Ok, I'm not entirely sure I'm doing this correctly. I'm trying to create stored form templates where the variables are stored as well.

    $query = "SELECT *
              FROM form_variable";

$result = mysql_query($query);

while ($items = mysql_fetch_array($result))
 {
  $pattern = stripslashes($items["form_var_name"]);
  $form_var_replace = stripslashes($items["form_var_replace"]);

  $replacement = "$$form_var_replace";

  $form_text = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $form_text);
 } 

So stored in form_variable are two fields the first is what to look for and the second is the variable to replace it with.

So if I had the following:

{clientname} client_name
{clientpassword} client_password

stored in the database and it does a search in the template $form_text and finds {clientname} it will replace it with the value stored in $client_name.

Make sense?

If I put a die in there, after the $replacement it echo's $client_name to the screen instead of the value stored in $client_name. Is there a way to do what I'm wanting to do?

Thanks for your help