Re: dynamically naming PHP vars on the fly?

u can "dynamical" chosse a variable name with a variable using a "douple" $ charachter eg. $a = "this is a": $b = "a"; echo $$b; outputs "this is a" this is an all open feature to u have fun ralph "Govinda" <govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com> wrote in message news:A215E849-2602-4CB3-9DA7-718FF047A187@gmail.com... > HI all > > One thing I have been working around but now would love to just do it > finally (and save workaround/longer code hassle) is when: > > I need to be able to create a variable (name it, and assign it a > value) whose name is built up from a fixed string concatenated with > another string which comes from the value of another (already set) > variable. > > Ie: > > I want to do this: > (I am just assuming it won't work; I haven't even tried it yet) > > $var1='apple'; > $Fruit_$var1="organic"; > echo "$Fruit_apple"; // I want this to return "organic" > > Or how are you guys dynamically naming PHP vars on the fly? > > ------------ > John Butler (Govinda) > govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com > > >