#24335 [Opn->WFx]: Use of $$var and arrays

ID: 24335 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: steve at oneniltrade dot com -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.3.2 New Comment: Nope, this will most likely never be implemented. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-26 06:39:12] steve at oneniltrade dot com Hi This may not be a 'bug' as such, but it was submitted as much as a feature request as a bug report, it would be really useful if it did work as i've described (or at least I think so.) Any chance of this feature being added to a future version? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-26 05:24:38] mgf@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php You can only use variable variables for the name of the array itself -- you can't specify any subscripts using this mechanism. I suggest you post the underlying problem you are trying to solve to php-general to see if anyone has any alternative suggestions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-25 08:58:25] steve at oneniltrade dot com Description: ------------ I'm trying to use variable variables to build up an array in a recursive function, but this doesn't seem to be possible. the following short amount of code illustrates the problem. $str="array"; ${$str}[1]="one"; print_r ($$str); echo "<br>"; print_r ($array); .............Output.......... Array ([1]=>one) Array ([1]=>one) As expected, However $str="array[1]"; $$str="One"; print_r ($$str); echo "<br>"; print_r ($array); ............Output.......... One No output, ie $array has no value. Although $str has the value array[1], $$str is not the same as $array[1], as I believe it should be. (Or needs to be to get my function to work) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24335&edit=1