Executing php code within a string

I've a simple content management system which allows users to use full html within their submitted items. I then output the data by pulling the info out of a db and simply echo'ing it to the browser. Anyway, I'd like to make some php functionality available to them, so I would like them to be able to enter something like the following: <h2> The date is <? echo date("m-d-Y")?>.</h2> This would later be pulled out from the database and sent to the browser as: <h2> The date is 11-08-2001.</h2> Right now, of course, I simply echo the <? ... ?> and not the result. Any ideas on how to process the php component before I echo it? -- _______ ___ _ ____ _____ Chris Hobbs / ____\ \ / / | | |/ ___\| __ \ Head Geek | (___ \ \ / /| | | | (___ | | | | WebMaster \___ \ \ \/ / | | | |\___ \| | | | PostMaster ____) | \ / | |__| |____) | |__| | \____/ \/ \____/ \____/|_____/ http://www.silvervalley.k12.ca.us chobbs@silvervalley.k12.ca.us