Re: Can i take the variable name in a function?

Would something like this work? Definition: function example($$ex) { echo "Variable Name is $ex"; } example($ball); I'm fairly new to php and not so familiar with variable variables, but I thought I'd throw it out there as a thought! Andy On 10/11/06, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote:

Jônata Tyska Carvalho wrote: How can i take the variable name inside a function, ex: definition: function example( $ex ){ echo "Variable Name is $ex "; // how to do this? } use: example($ball); output: Variable Name is ball; another: example($sportCar); output: Variable Name is sportCar; is that possible? no. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php