Re: Display variable within a variable.

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Miles Thompson wrote: > I know I can do this by splitting my error message, but I'm wondering if > there is any way of doing it by display a variable within a string > contained in another variable. > > I have all prompts and error messages stored in a database table, fetch > them according to the language required, and display them by using this > general form: echo $arr_lbl[ lbl_Usernam ]. This would display "Username" > for English, "Benuztername" for German. > > If a user's bid fails, I call this: echo $arr_lbl[ lbl_cMsgBidFail ] > which contains this text: > > "Thank you for your bid. To be accepted it must increase the previous bid > by $yMinBidIncr. Please adjust the amount and send it again." $yMinBidIncr > is the amount by which this bid must exceed the previous bid. > > What happens, of course, is that $yMinBidIncr doesn't exist when the > prompts are fetched, so resolves to "" and does not display. > > Is there a way of inserting this into $arr_lbl[ lbl_cMsgBidFail ]? > > Miles Thompson > http://www.php.net/manual/html/function.printf.html -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>