[dannyallen]

I have a system for fetching templates from a database and showing them on my website, but in my function, I have to define every variable that is in the template. Here is my function and me showing the template below it.

Code:

function show_template($name) {

$board[boardname] = 'Testing';

$query = "SELECT * FROM templates WHERE name = '$name'";
	
$result = @mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed : " . mysql_error());
	
	while ($template = @mysql_fetch_array($result)){
		
		eval("\$templateshow = \"$template[template]\";");

		echo $templateshow; }}

show_template('global_header');

You see, $board[boardname] is in my template in the MySQL database. I want to be able to just run the function without having to define the board[boardname] variable inside the function. This would allow me to use my templates more efficiently so I don't have to define everything inside my template function.

Is there anyway to do this while still showing the correct variable even though it is defined outside the function?