help with while

[sabret00the]

thanks xenon

i just tested this in phpmyadmin and it works fine, however in the project_bit template

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
  <tr> 
    <td class="tcat">
		project <a href="index.php?projectid=$projectid" class="projectid">$projectid</a> by confess[username]
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top" class="alt1">
		$text
	</td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td class="thead" align="right">
		<smallfont><strong>$report $adminoptions $num_rates votes</strong></smallfont>
	</td>
  </tr>
</table>

it refuses to echo out.