do_shortcode

I have a table of softwares. I put it in html with the shortcode:

[nextpage title="Some of the Software"]
<table>
 <thead>
  <tr>
     <th>SOFTWARE</th>
     <th>USE</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
     <td>CONVERT</td>
     <td>Converting model setup parameters between systems, UNIX, SD2000, BC3, and DPW-Windows.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
[/nextpage]

and it works fine.

Now I have moved the table into a database. I need to populate the post with php. I am using “Shortcode Exec PHP” plugin to insert php into the post. If I echo the shortcode, all I get is html text in the browser.

I have tried to call the same shortcode:

global $wpdb;
$results = $wpdb->get_results(
  'SELECT software,description FROM wp_softwares', OBJECT );
echo do_shortcode( '[nextpage title="About me"] I use lots of software.[/nextpage]' );
$table = '
<table>
 <thead>
  <tr>
     <th>SOFTWARE</th>
     <th>USE</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>';
foreach ( $results as $row)
{
  $table .= '
  <tr>
     <td>'.$row->software.'</td>
     <td>'.$row->description.'</td>
  </tr>';
}
$table .= '
 </tbody>
</table>';
echo do_shortcode( '[nextpage title="Some of the Software"]' . $table . '[/nextpage]' );

but all I get is
<div style="display:none;">

Help?

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