Re: A question about associative arrays

> I understand that (and why).. > $arr[key] is bad > $arr['key'] is good > > but; what about > $arr[$key] > > should it be > $arr["$key"] To know this you have to know how PHP parses. The $ sign denotes a variable name, and at run time this is converted into the variable value. For example: $var = "test"; $var2 = $var; That is the "correct" way to do it, not $var2 = "$var"; (even though it will work) for the same reasoning, $arr[$key] should be used. All "$var" does, is evaluate the variable and make it a string... causes more work for the parser than is needed. -- Dan Hardiker [dhardiker@staff.firstcreative.net] ADAM Software & Systems Engineer First Creative Ltd