RE: [PHP] variable hell

From: mario [mailto:developer@icop.gr] > Hi all > > I have few variables in this format: > > $isproductssorttext = "150"; > $isofferssorttext = "250"; > $isnewproductssorttext = "350"; > > $isproductscount = "50"; > $isofferscount = "30"; > $isnewproductscount = "20"; > etc.... > > > What I want to do is have a variable > e.g. $x = "products"; > > and create from that, the variable $is'products'sorttext > (<--$isproductssorttext) and use its value > > so if $x was "offers" on echo I would have (250) <-- > "$isofferssorttext" > if $x was newproducts on echo I would have (350) <-- > "$isnewproductssorttext" I'd imagine, at this point, you'd need to move into the realm of associative arrays. $x = 'products'; $issorttext[$x] = 150; $isnewsorttext[$x] = 350; $iscount[$x] = 50; $isnewcount[$x] = 20; After this, you'd end up with four arrays of one key each ('products'), referenced as such: echo $issorttext['products']; // echoes 150 Then do the same for the key 'offers' and you'd have the same four arrays, but now each with two keys. Hope this wasn't too confusing an explanation. :) -- Mike Johnson Smarter Living, Inc. Web Developer www.smarterliving.com mike@smarterliving.com (617) 886-5539