Re: variables within variables

On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 07:12:15PM +0100, Robert Morrissey wrote: > I have a form on one page with a text box called 'emailtext'. This gets > passed to a php script that gets info from a database (such as $name, > $email, etc) and mails selected email addresses; my problem is this: > > Say, the form passes $emailtext as "Hello $name, how're you?", and this is > passed to mail() in the php form, rather than emailing "Hello Bob, how're > you?" it prints "$name" literally. > > Seeing as $name isn't pulled from the database till the php script is it > possible to get it to print the value? or do I have to pull $name from the > database in the original form? (which'll is going to be a lot more > complicated). > > Does this make sense? No, not really. What is the value of $name when the form passes $emailtext? That is the value that will be in $name. If it is actually printing $name and not an empty string, then the '$' must be getting escaped somewhere along the line, or you are using ' instead of " around the variable. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php -- Jason Stechschulte jpstech@unoh.edu -- I'll say it again for the logic impaired. -- Larry Wall