Re: Creating a variable from a value

$TEST = "foo"; $myVar = "TEST'; echo $$myVar; Note the double $. Read the PHP Manual section on "variable variables" http://php.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Curts <rob@siliconcarne.net> Newsgroups: php.general Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 4:13 PM Subject: [PHP] Creating a variable from a value > This may seem strange... hopefully I can explain the problem well: > I have a variable named $myVar > > $myVar contains a string that may look like anything, for example, we'll > use "TEST" > > I want to take the string value of $myVar and make a variable out of it's > value. > > A code example would be this: > > <? > unset($TEST); > > $myVar = "TEST"; > > createNewVariable($myVar); > > if (isset($TEST)) { > // success > else > // error > ?> > > Any idea on how i would create this? > > Many thanks in advance, > Rob > > > -- > 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 >