#51099 [Opn->Csd]: Variable Variable with $this->

ID: 51099 User updated by: William dot McGuire at solacedev dot com Reported By: William dot McGuire at solacedev dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Win XP PHP Version: 5.3.1 New Comment: I figured out the problem...it is not a bug...thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-20 19:22:10] William dot McGuire at solacedev dot com Just to let you know dynamically populating $this-> works fine... ie... $this->$db_key=$db_value where $db_key is username and $db_value is "testuser" works fine... it's just dynamically echoing $this->$field where $field = "username" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-20 19:18:58] William dot McGuire at solacedev dot com Description: ------------ Consider 2 classes class user class reports extends user user stores public variables such as public $username using $this->username; I want to be able to dynamically say in class reports echo $this->$field where $field = "username", "first_name" etc. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.variables.variable --- class user { public $username; function username() { //queries from db table and gets $this->username = $username; //from table } class reports extends user { function userInfo($gid,$arrFieldstoReport) { parent::__construct($gid) //loop through $arrFieldstoReport echo "username = " . $this->arrFieldstoReport[$i] } } Expected result: ---------------- This should echo the following if $arrFieldstoReport[$i] = "username" echo $this->arrFieldstoReport[$i]; //should echo username = testusername (or any other username depending on what group_id it is on) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=51099&edit=1