Re: retriving a variable name

If I understand you correctly, this is not possible, but na easy workaroud is to call your function like this: func(compact('varname')), which will give you an array( 'varname' => 'varvalue') in your function. Matt Giddings wrote:

Is there a way to retrieve the variable name from within php? Example: $myvar = 'test'; I want to be able to pass '$myvar' to a function and retrieve both the name of the variable 'myvar' and the value of the variable 'test' in this case. Thanks, Matt --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.399 / Virus Database: 226 - Release Date: 10/9/2002