Re: [PHP3] Constructing Variables from Variables?

In article <B562EDCB.140E7%clarencek@ifurnishing.com>, clarencek@ifurnishing.com (Clarence Kwei) wrote: > I'm having a really tough time figuring this out... I basically need to > generate the following variables: > > $ref_url_1 > $ref_url_2 > $ref_url_3 > $ref_url_4 > $ref_url_5 > > However, the numbers at the end of "$ref_url_#" are generated from another > variable: $url_counter that's cycling in a while loop that's creating input > boxes... the code: > > name="ref_url_<? echo "$url_counter"; ?>" echo $$ref_url_1; for ($i = 1; $i <=5; $i++){ echo "ref_url_$i"; echo ${"ref_url_$i"}; echo ${${"ref_url_$i"}}; } > I've read a bunch of stuff about Variable Variables, but to quote the wrox > book, "variable variables generally create more confusion than > convenience... they are of little real benefit." Thanks. :-/ It *would* be easier to use an array... -- Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with Zend, duh!)