Re: Variable variable

"Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@php.net> wrote: > > 1. If $id is a number I believe PHP will choke b/c I don't believe numbers > > can be used as variable names. > > Well, generally that is true. If you try to assign a value directly to a > variable that is a number such as: > > $1 = "Hello World"; > > Then it won't work. However, due to a somewhat quirky implementation you > can get arund this by doing: > > $a=1; > $$a = "Hello World"; Sure enough, it works. Rasmus, can we expect this behavior to exist in future releases of PHP? I prefer to give variables a meaningful name, but since I spend a fair amount of time working with other people's code and clients who sometimes insist on things that aren't preferable, it would be nice to know. -- Steve Werby President, Befriend Internet Services LLC http://www.befriend.com/