RE: [PHP] Creating a variable name using a variable

Thanks Daniel, Matt and Kathleen, My message only appeared to arrive to the list a couple of hours ago even though I had received two replies by then! So far with PHP I am fondly reminded of a Homer (Simpson) quotation: "Is there anything a doughnut cannot do?" Many thanks, Adam Warner -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Nolan [mailto:trebz@barrysworld.com] Sent: Friday, 3 November 2000 1:04 p.m. To: Adam Warner Subject: RE: [PHP] Creating a variable name using a variable Use a variable variable $i = 2; $url = "url$i"; $$url will then refer to $url2 (note the 2 $$'s) Cheers -----Original Message----- From: Adam Warner [mailto:adam@consulting.net.nz] Sent: 02 November 2000 10:56 To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Creating a variable name using a variable Hi all, I'm new to the list. Hopefully this is not too frequently asked... Now I realise I should probably be using an array. But it would be nice to occasionally create a variable name from a variable. For example: I have 3 variables $url1, $url2 and $url3. I have another variable $i (which takes one of the values 1, 2 or 3). If $i=2 is there any way I can refer to $url2 using by combining "$url" and $i? Many thanks, Adam PS: To the developers of PHP many thanks. PHP is awesomely fun and powerful. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net