[RESOLVED] Execute SQL output

[fizzwizz]

Hi
I want to execute a php string stored in MySQL
eg. <? echo "Hello World"; ?>

I have no problem SELECTing this string from my DB, but once printed out it isn't read by the PHP engine so just sits as <? echo "Hello World"; ?> in the source unprocessed

How do I have PHP process the data it retrieves from SQL?

Thanks ... Fizz

[gardnc]

I think you will have to open a file on the server with a .php extension and save the variable data in that file. Then redirect the browser to get the page you just created. Be sure to look up these functions to be sure of the syntax.

$handle= fopen("temp.php","r");
fputs($handle,$sql_string . "\r\n");
fclose($handle);

echo "<script>self.location = 'temp.php';</script>";
exit;

[bradgrafelman]

Writing a temp file each time this is executed would be so very wasteful of resources... just simply tell PHP to [man]eval[/man]ulate the string returned as PHP code.

[fizzwizz]

Thanks all
It seems eval() is my new friend

Many thanks ... Fizz