I'm working on a page that uses HTML5 Data Bindings for my MySQL database. How do I go about referencing/testing a database values from within PHP code itself? I see that I can use provided {{Variable}} placeholder elsewhere on the page to insert my data in HTML. But it doesn't work when I try to test database variables in PHP itself. Any help with the right coding and syntax would be great!

Sorry if this is a basic question. I've worked in ASP but finally moving over to MySQL.

Hello,
You cannot use the databindings variables inside PHP code.
DMXzone Data Bindings variables are being rendered client-side, while PHP code is being executed server-side. You cannot mix them.

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It becomes as simple as:

$myvar = $db->getvar('mytable',array('filterfieldname'=>filterfieldvalue),'fieldname');

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