[RESOLVED] Dynamically Populate Meta Tags

[rsmith]

All,
I'm working with a client that I want to have manage their own meta tags so they can change the description and keywords the search engines will see. I have the backend setup to where the keywords and description are entered into their respective columns. I then use php to pull them with a query and populate as follows:

<meta name="description" content="<? echo $meta['metaDescription']; ?>">
<meta name="keywords" content="<? echo $meta['metaKeywords']; ?>">

My question, though, is because these meta's are not hard set, will the search engines still read them or will they read the php statements in place of the actual values?

TIA

Ryan

[NogDog]

The search engines see the output exactly the same as browsers do (they access the page via the same HTTP requests). Therefore, they will have no view of the underlying PHP code, just as your browser does not if you do a "view source" of a page.

[rsmith]

Okay, thanks for clarifying! I appreciate it.