Re: variable and MySQL

I think I understand your question. Perhaps what you want is not a variable variable -- but a variable (determined from the context). Variables always vary depending on the situation as opposed to a constant which - uhh -- stays constant. Combine the variable and the constant in a new variable first with concatenation. $question_pointer = $xxx . "_name_en"; $get_question_data[$question_pointer] Mark Cain ----- Original Message ----- From: "simon" <seth889@yahoo.ca> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 7:14 PM Subject: [PHP-DB] variable and MySQL > Hi, I'm trying to make a script but have a problem ... > > How could I do this: > > I'd like to use $get_question_data[xxx_name_en] > > where xxx would be a variable variable according to the situation where the > script is called... how would I do this? > > tried : > > $get_question_data[$test_name_en] > $get_question_data[{$test}_name_en] > ${get_question_data[$test_name_en]} > > but nothing works .... any help would be appreciated. > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >