RE: [PHP] Variable Variables Help Please
| From: | Jason Murray | Date: | Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:00:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Variable Variables Help Please | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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> Hello. I have three variables. The first one is $times. That is the
> number of times my for loop has executed. The second variable is
$value_1.
> This is the value of a text box, let's say Alpha. My third variable is
> $value_2. This is the value of my second text box, let's say Beta. I
would
> like to call something like $value_$times and have it go to be Alpha on
the
> first time of the loop and Beta on the second time of the loop.
> $value_$times doesn't work. Does anyone know what would
> work? Thank you in advance for all of your help.
Create a temp variable which is the _name_ of the variable you want to
access.
ie, say I wanted to access "time_1", it'd be:
$tempvar = "time_1"; // and thus, $tempvar = "value_".$times;
Then access:
$$tempvar;
Jason