Variables/tags within element

[SoilentRed]

I have form that loops through data and pulls first name and last name and full name. that form has textarea for the message.

I want to be able to tag first and last name data in the message through the loop.

I'm using cron/fabrik scheduler to send the messages

            $fname = $row->first_name;
            $lname = $row->last_name;
            $fullname = $row->name;

I've tried accessing this a few ways but the way it looks in the message in mysql is just like the variable and not the name

I've tried {$fname} '$fname' and '.$fname.' in my tagging approacf to no avail.

It's worth noting that I had to do this to the message tag because it was converting my special characters in the message to other stuff.

 $myDb->quote(html_entity_decode( '{sms___message}', ENT_QUOTES | ENT_XML1, 'UTF-8') ),

I THINK this may be preventing the tags from being eval's but i'm not sure. Thoughts and ideas are welcome.

 

[cheesegrits]

I'd need to know exactly where and how you are running this code, and what (if any) processing you are doing when the data is actually submitted.

-- hugh