PHP code inside of mysql cells

[djneil]

I am building a dynamic section, but within each cell I would like to have php code. Everytime I echo it onto a page, the code comes out unrendered.
ex:
<?
$str = $row['desc']; //$str = 1 2 3 <?php echo "4";?> 5
echo $str;
?>

results in:
1 2 3 <?php echo "4";?> 5

I would like it to echo
1 2 3 4 5

How would I do this, if possible

[thorpe]

[man]eval/man

[superwormy]

You might want to reconsider your application/database design. It's not very good form to store code in your database, and if you rethink things, you might not need to.

It's also important to remember that while eval() is a solution, eval() has a pretty hefty performance hit on code because it needs to re-invoke the interpreter/compiler on every eval() call.