Bug #10412: field name in mysql_lsit_fields

From: dkokenge@netscape.net Operating system: PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: field name in mysql_lsit_fields When using "mysql_list_fields" for a file you can extract the field names of the schema. For example: $fname. Then turn it into the variable for the schema name as $$fname. $$fname = 'something'; // **** works $$fname[0] = 'something'; // **** don't work --------------------------------------------------- Example --------------------------------------------------- $schema = mysql_list_fields("wine","wpo_dtl"); $nf = mysql_num_fields($schema); // get num of fields $xx = mysql_fetch_array($schema); while ($i < $nf) { $fname = mysql_fieldname($schema,$i); //***** this works ***** $$fname = 'something'; // ******* this don't $x = 0; $$fname[$x] = 'something'; } What am I doing wrong??? -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=10412&edit=1