Can I include a $variable in a product description?

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Originally posted in Tips and tricks forum .....

 

I'm trying to find a way to include a $variable within my product descriptions.

 

I've tried every combination of quotes I know - but nothing seems to work.

 

I'm now thinking of parsing each description, to look for something like <-- $variable --> and pull the variable out, then echo it ..... in a similar way that PHP Nuke picks up page breaks within articles.

 

Has anyone found an easier way of including variables ?

 

BrianD

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have you tried doing an eval on it before it gets displayed

[Guest]

to elaborate on that a little ....

 

replace

 

<?php echo stripslashes($product_info['products_description']); ?>

 

with something like

 

<?php 

$product_description = $product_info['products_description']);

eval ("$evaluated_product_description = "$product_description";");

echo stripslashes($evaluated_product_info);

?>