Re: Variable Variables in PHP

From: Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:55:53 +0000
Subject: Re: Variable Variables in PHP
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 12:03:42PM +1000, Morgan Tocker wrote: > ## THIS SHOULD SUBMIT SOMETHING LIKE THIS >>>> > > test.php?name1=avalue&email1=avalueagain&name2=secondname&email2=secondemail > > THE PROBLEM: > From PHP with variable variables, how do I change $name1 and $email1 into - > > ## for all $name.$x values do this...... > $sql = "UPDATE name_and_email SET name = '$name1', email = '$email1' > WHERE > id = '$id'"; Put it inside of a loop. for($i = 1; $i < 3; $i++) { echo ${"name$i"}; } This will print out both names. Hopefully you can figure out how to modify this to create the sql code you want. -- Jason Stechschulte jpstech@unoh.edu -- It's the Magic that counts. -- Larry Wall on Perl's apparent ugliness

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