Real Problem: Accessing Array In A Class

I've been trying to figure this out for a day or so now. Someone needs to do a concise tutorial with arrays, references, etc. with PHP. I've got a class that has a member variable that is an array. When I try to access it in a function like this: print "blah blah blah $this->arrayname['value'] blah"; $this->arrayname evaluates to an array object and ['value'] comes out as a string. If I assign it to a variable first like so: $arraytemp = $this->arrayname; print "blah blah blah $arraytemp['value'] blah"; it works fine. However, I know there should be a way to reference it directly. Any suggestions on what I have do to as far as brackets, etc. to force php to evaluate it they way I want? Scott Delap SBC Services, Inc. sd3982@sbc.com 314-235-6216