PHP commands inside a MySQL Database

I am inserting html/php code into a database that would look something like default page <? echo "test"; ?> now the problem is, I am getting the field, title, and echoing as so (after using mysql_fetch_array and extract echo "<TITLE>$title</TITLE>\n"; the acual title of the page in IE is default page <? echo "test"; ?> It doesnt parse or execute any of the php. Any suggestions? Thanks Taylor York