RE: [PHP] quick syntax question

ok, so... are you looking for something like this? echo ${ $answer . $question } ; echo ${ "answer_$question" } ; echo ${ 'answer_' . $question } ; At 13:35 23.12. 2000, indrek siitan wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Hi, > >> what are you trying to achieve? >> why are you using the varvar? >> I'm probably asking dumb questions... If so, excuse me, >> I've spent last 24hrs coding... >> wouldn't use of array make things easier? >> something along the lines of: >> $faq = >> array( >> 1 => array( >> 'q' => 'how can I...' , >> 'a' => 'Easily...' >> ) ; >> 2 => array( >> 'q' => 'Where is the...' , >> 'a' => 'In the manual...' >> ) ; >> ) ; >> then you can just echo $faq[1]['q'] or $faq[1]['a'] > >i have a dynamically created form, the answers of which i have >to parse. to distinguish the answers from other variables passed >along, i have prefixed them with "question_" prefix. so I can just >go through the $HTTP_POST_VARS array and pick out everything >that begins with question_ .. > >hope that's clear enough :) > >and, i'm fine with with the interim variable, just asked the >question to see if there's another neat trick to make the code >look simpler (as there almost every time is :)). > > >Rgds, > Tfr > > --==< tfr@cafe.ee >==< http://tfr.cafe.ee/ >==< > +372-50-17621 >==-- ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz