Hey guys,

I'm completely new to php and attempting to program a simple text management system.

I have a database set up, and have stored paragraphs with variable names corresponding to the values I wish to be displayed.

For example:

$name = "Alan";
$p1 = $result['paragraph'];

assume that the variable $p1 has a sentence that i get from the database.
The sentence as it is written in the database is "My name is $name".

When i echo "$p1", I would like the the variable $name to appear in the sentence. i.e. My name is Alan

How would I go about this?
Thanks guys

Using string formats will do exactly what you want it to do:

PHP Code:

<?php
  
  // The string
  $name = 'Alan';
  
  // The text string with format recall
  $p1 = 'My name is %s';
  
  // Echo the string
  printf($p1, $name);
  
  // Outputs: My name is Alan
  
?>

Try

PHP Code:

$p1 = eval($result['paragraph']); 


You could also do....

PHP Code:

 
$name = "Alan";
 
$sentance = "My name is ";
 
$combined = $name.$sentance;
 
echo $combined;