Re: How to print variable name and contents

You can use $$var constuction, what display name of $var function my_trace($var){ echo $$var.'='.$var.'<br>'; } ""nntp.charter.net"" <grodsky@yahoo.com> ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ: news:17.BE.20931.3EE20B24@pb1.pair.com... >I want to write a trace procedure and call it with variable names, and I am >having trouble with the syntax. My goal is to have a procedure that will >echo lines such as: > > Trace: $myvar="the contents of $myvar > > My attempt that didn't work is to write a function: > > function my_trace($m){ > echo ("\n<br>TRACE: $m = "); > eval("\$t=\"$m\";"); > echo($t."<br>\n"); > } > > and call it with statements like: > > my_trace("\$my_var"); > my_trace("\$_ENV[\"COMPUTERNAME\"]"); > > What am I doing wrong, and how should this be done? Also, should I post > to a different group? > > Thanks, > Gil Grodsky > ggrodsky@charter.net