#33038 [NEW]: Name Variable After Variables

From: illicitcriminal at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: 4.3.10 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Name Variable After Variables Description: ------------ I think it'd be VERY useful to be able to declare/state variables based on the value of another variable. I've run into situations where it would save me a bit of time if this were possible. In "Reproduce Code", I'll show you a piece that would be useful for an encryption function that I wrote. Reproduce code: --------------- /* Giving Letters Numerical Values */ $alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'; $length = strlen($alphabet); for ($cur=0;$cur<$length;$cur++){ $letter = substr($alphabet, $current, $current+1); $numberVal = $current+1; /* This is where my idea comes in to play. To be able to name the variable "a", referred to as $a (and b,c,d so on...). I've used the syntax ^$var to define the naming of the variable dependant on the value of $var (another variable)... */ ^$letter = $numberVal; } echo $a.'-'.$b.'-'.$c.'-'.$A.'-'.$B.'-'.$C; Expected result: ---------------- 1-2-3-26-27-28 Actual result: -------------- Probably an "unexpexted '^'" parse error. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33038&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33038&r=mysqlcfg