Re: Tricky array question

try using something like this: $varname = $categories[0]; echo ${$varname}[0]; Greets, Edward "Andy" <news.letters@gmx.de> wrote in message news:<20020205100354.16285.qmail@pb1.pair.com>... > Hi there, > > I have a tricky array question. > > My app is passing via post a array variable called glacier. Now I am > checking for the content > of this array. Because there are more of those arrays, I am getting all the > names out of a db. > > How is it possible to get the value and keep the name of the array dynamic? > > e.g: > Array name passed by post is: $glacier // > contains e.g. $glacier[0] = testname > Array with category names coming out of db is: $category // contains e.g. > $category[0] = glacier > > echo $categories[0]; // returns glacier > echo $glacier[0]; // returns testname > > I tryed $categories[0][0] but it returns only the first letter of glacier > (g) > > Any ideas?? > > Thanx, Andy > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php