Re: Comparing "dynamically named" variables

Just a thought, why do you want to use dynamically created variables, when you can use dynamic arrays in the form and pass it back to match for the values? "J. Myers" wrote: > Hi Folks, It's us again. > > We are trying to compare the values of submitted form variables. Because > there are 336 variables to > compare, we decided on using a loop to change the variable names within > an expression. > > Examples of our form variables are $D0_0600SHOW, $D1_0600SHOW, > $D2_0600SHOW > > Through each increment of the loop we would like it to change the > variable name to be compared. > > Eg. > > If $D0_0600SHOW == $Anothershow Loop 1 > > If $D1_0600SHOW == $Anothershow Loop 2 > > The code we're using is below. The problem that we are experiencing is > the expresssion is seeing > the variable name that we dynamically created as a string rather than a > variable. > > How should we construct the variable name within the expression to have > the expression see it as a variable and not as a string? > > --------CODE----------------------------------- > > $day = 0; > > Loop Start----------------------------------------- > > if ("$D".$day."_0600SHOW" == $Anothershow) > { > echo "We have a match"; > } > else > { > echo "NO Match"; > } > > Loop Stop----------------------------------------- > > Thanks ahead of time! > > Jr. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net