Re: Get "nice" variables from POST

"Mike Mapsnac" <mikerh9@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:BAY15-F4qKonKUa0NSu00077d2a@hotmail.com... > > > >From: Marek Kilimajer <kilimajer@webglobe.sk> > > > >$fields = array('username', 'password', ...); > >foreach($fields as $key) $$key = $_POST[$key]; > > > Thanks. > > It looks much nicer :) Along the same lines, I've found this helpful when inserting into mysql. foreach($_POST as $key => $val) $$key = mysql_escape_string($val); Or, to use Marek's trick of only using certain variables: $fields = array('username', 'password', ...); foreach($fields as $key) $$key = mysql_escape_string($_POST[$key]); I like that a lot better. -- Rob