Re: Named pair array from variable

Mikey Knutson wrote: > Is this even possible? I'm building a string, properly formatted, to create > a named pair or associative array. The string is fine, and when I use it > directly to create the array, all is well. When I try to use the var to > create the array, I get an empty array (I think). Huh? > > Here is what I have: > > $myString = "'username' => 'password' , 'mickey' => > 'mouse' , 'donald' => > 'duck'"; > $myArray = array($myString); > print ("array val: $myArray[username]"); // get an empty string here > > > AFAIK you can't do what you're showing. This will work, but is not advised: eval('$myArray = array(' . $myString . ');'); print ("array val: $myArray[username]"); // array val: password Why are you needing to store the array indexes and values in a string like this? Maybe we can give you an alternative approach. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com