Re: Problem with VARIABLES

Ian, I think what you want is a variable variable - have a look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/html/language.variables.variable.html I think you might want something like this: ${$Color$Temp[$f]} HTH. -- Hardy Merrill Mission Critical Linux, Inc. http://www.missioncriticallinux.com Ian LeBlanc [Ian@rask.com] wrote: > I have this page where I am printing some items that are defined by size > and color which all the info is pulled from a database. > > in the first item loop > PRINT ("<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"$Color$Temp[$f]\" size=\"3\"></td>\n"); > translated looks like this. > <td><input type="text" name=\"WhiteS" size="3"></td> > > meaning the color white and the size Small. > > Now the next loop does what it is suppose to and returns a value of > <td><input type="text" name=\"BlackS" size="3"></td> > > These get posted to the next page. > Now for the PROBLEM > > without hard coding it how can I get the value of BlackS > meaning I know the color and sizes but how do I put the variable together > to print the value of it. > > On the 2nd page I would like to echo $Color$Temp[$f] but that does not > return the value of the item. > I need $Color$Temp[$f] to turn into the variable not a value. So I can echo > the variable. > Someone please help. > > (*NOTE* the reason I do not want to hard code it is that I have a list of > 102 colors which makes for a really long script.) > > PLEASE CC ME ON THE MESSAGE BECAUSE I AM ONLY SUBSCRIBED TO THE DIGEST (I > will have to wait some 12 odd hours for the answer) > Regards, > > Ian LeBlanc > Web Development > Rask, Inc. - www.rask.com > Phone: (727) 517-2000 > Fax: (727) 517-2001 > > > > > -- > 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