RE: [PHP] Dynamically named variables and arrays.

> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Boget [mailto:chris@wild.net] > Sent: 21 May 2003 16:46 > > I know this works: > > $varName = 'bob'; > ${$varName} = 'joe'; > > Now, what I'm hoping to to is take the same premis and apply it to > arrays (particularly POST). What I'm doing is creating form element > names as follows: > > sales_data[area][1] > sales_data[area][2] > ... > sales_data[area][5] > > and so on. Upon form submission, we all know that PHP turns the > above into an array that I can iterate through and get the > values. Now, > I now the names of the form elements. So using that, I'm trying to > access the value of the outermost element dynamically. To do > that, I'm > doing: > > <script language="php"> > > $requiredPostFieldName = str_replace( "sales_data", "", > "sales_data[area][2]" ); > $fieldVal = ${"_POST['sales_data']{$requiredPostFieldName }"}; > > </script> > > But that's not working. Should it? Am I doing something wrong? Any > ideas or suggestions would be very much appreciated! I can't seem to get my head round what you're trying to do from the above example, but by any chance do you just want: $_POST['sales_data']['area'][2] ? Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211