Re: Seams not to be possible

maybe you could use eval(): eval("echo \$" . $field"); ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy" <news.letters@gmx.de> Newsgroups: php.general To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:57 AM Subject: Seams not to be possible > This was just an error in my explenation I ment categories. > > Meanwhile I tryed var vars, but it does not work for any reason?!?!? > > My code looks like: > > $field = $categories[0]."[0]"; > echo $field; // returns glacier[0] > echo 'var '.$$field.'<br>'; // returns bluddy nothing > echo $categories[0]; // returns glacier > echo $glacier[0]; // returns 110 > > Does anybody know how to get the 110 out of the array????? > > Thanx for any help, > > Andy > "Andy" <news.letters@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > 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 > > > > > > > >