Is it possible to store a function in a variable?

[grr]

I want to store a function in a MySQL Database. Like this:

<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM items WHERE item_id='$_GET['item_id']'";
$item = mysql_fetch_assoc(mysql_query($query));
$action = $item['action'];
$action;
?>

So in the database, $item is

header('Location:blah.html');

But it could be ANY function, see. I just want to know how I could do that.

And it has to perform the function.

[lordspace]

You have almost done it.

$action = $item;
$action();

You need brackets.

Note:

I think it would be better to check this out about php security.

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/php-security-blunders/

[grr]

Ok.
This is an admin function, so I'm not too worried.

But I thought about using eval(); , I think that would work. I just learned that today. :)